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Air Force finds ways to bake cybersecurity into weapons systems, and bolt it on where necessary

The Air Force believes it’s made significant progress toward improving the cybersecurity of its weapons systems — both brand new ones, and systems that…

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How DoD’s own budget process keeps the military on the wrong side of the ‘valley of death’

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Army launches several new initiatives to incorporate small firms’ technologies into its systems

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To institutionalize DevSecOps, Navy’s Black Pearl aims to ‘commoditize the boring stuff’

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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG-82) moors at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London, Conn.  The Navy is proposing construction cutbacks and accelerated ship retirements that would delay, or sink, the Navy’s goal of a larger fleet — and potentially hurt shipyards, according to an initial proposal.    The proposal would shrink the size of the fleet from today’s level of 293 ships to 287 ships, a far cry from the official goal of 355 ships established in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.  (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP, File)

Navy’s data-driven approach to sustainment finds huge room for improvement in ship maintenance

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Four years into DoD financial audits, IG says progress has stalled

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One National Guard unit’s idea to improve efficiency: spend less time filling out forms

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Nowhere safe to hide: What online harassment is doing to service members and the military

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Departing DoD software boss says success or failure boils down to leadership

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In this Jan. 19, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the entrance to Tank 19 at the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is seen. The Navy is scrambling to contain what one lawmaker has called a

The logistics of fuel storage in INDOPACOM and the military’s moving contract

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DoD’s Danielle Metz on how the multibillion dollar JWCC cloud contract will actually work

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Remote work concept. Working at home. Telework.

Army’s DEVCOM takes ‘future of work’ from concept to reality

It’s fair to say there are a lot of institutions across government that are still figuring out what the future of work will look like. In this episode,…

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Military’s new household goods contractor plans tech infusion to ‘transform’ moving process

Assuming the $6.2 billion award survives the bid protest stage, DoD’s first step will be to start integrating HomeSafe’s technology with government systems.

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DoD’s new R&D chief prioritizes moving prototypes to real-world applications

Heidi Shyu, the new undersecretary of Defense for research and engineering, says one of her first tasks is to develop a clear picture of what DoD’s innovation offices are working on, and share those technologies throughout the department.

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