On DoD
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Army leaders are kicking out the requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck as part of the new physical fitness test.
March 22, 2021 -
Both parties in the House have agreed to participate in the new earmarks process that proponents say include some safeguards to prevent abuses.
March 22, 2021 -
In a new campaign plan, the sea services say teaming traditional systems with unmanned ones will let them "rewrite the narrative" of maritime warfare.
March 22, 2021 -
The Defense Department’s criminal investigations always had the goal of evidence data, but the traditional methods of investigation are now merging new forms of data analysis. The Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) sees several changes ahead as a result.
March 18, 2021 -
Airmen and Guardians are not permitted from being members of groups, but certain actions can jeopardize their careers.
March 18, 2021 -
Greg Garcia recently retired after 38 years in government where spent the last two-plus years as the deputy CIO of the Army.
March 18, 2021 -
The Army's senior leadership has yet to make a final decision on how to reform the service's Criminal Investigation Command, but an internal review identified a need for 300 new civilian special agents.
March 18, 2021 -
The upgrades will help the Army with its Project Convergence program, which mixes AI decision-making with soldier lethality.
March 17, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Army issued a new strategy for straightening up the nation's flagpole in the Arctic.
March 17, 2021 -
The Marine Corps' bid to replace its heavy lift helicopter is running into heavy downdrafts. Federal Drive spoke with the Government Accountability Office's Jon Ludwigson for an update.
March 17, 2021 -
In this edition of On DoD, the Defense Acquisition University's Mike Coolican joins Jared Serbu to explain the fundamentals of DoD's new Adaptive Acquisition Framework.
March 16, 2021 -
Senate Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Tim Kaine wants to know how the Pentagon is faring with the hundreds of procurement changes given by Congress.
March 15, 2021 -
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence is warning that the federal government, at all levels, doesn't have the workforce it needs to stay on top of this emerging technology.
March 12, 2021 -
Cybersecurity teaching will take place right alongside mechanical and many other types of engineering at a planned new facility at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
March 12, 2021 -
One year later, commission’s proposals for improving military, public service may get a serious lookThe congressionally-chartered National Commission on Military, National and Public Service made 124 recommendations last year, right at the start of the pandemic. Congress never seriously considered those recommendations, but at least a few senators hope that changes.
March 11, 2021