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A top Air Force General outlined steps taken to make sure jet pilots don't black out. Two whistleblower pilots recently said the F-22 oxygen delivery system was faulty, causing a condition known as hypoxia.
May 10, 2012 -
The Navy is looking for someone to run the world's second-largest computer network. At least two consortiums of vendors are vying for the $4.5 billion deal.
May 09, 2012 -
The Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Airland, which oversees issues related to the Army, Air Force and, Navy and Marine Corps tactical aviation programs, heard testimony this week on the F-35 Lightning II program.
May 09, 2012 -
Lockheed Martin will join a team of several other large companies in a bid for the Navy's forthcoming multibillion dollar Next Generation Enterprise Network contract.
May 09, 2012 -
Gen. Mike Hostage, who confirmed the F-22 has been deployed to Southwest Asia, touted the importance of the aircraft in future combat missions and said the highly publicized oxygen malfunctions has been addressed.
May 08, 2012 -
The Navy is deploying two roving teams to combat what it sees as an serious threat: stress.
May 08, 2012 -
The Armed Services committee Seapower chairman is tired of waiting for the Navy's ship building plan to come in.
May 08, 2012 -
The Air Force is re-branding its personnel services and human resources website. AFPERS will now be known as myPers and be modeled after the myPay model the Defense Department now uses.
May 07, 2012 -
The Submarine Learning Center, at the Naval Submarine Base New London, has won a LEED silver award for being green. The center's headquarters uses geothermal heating a cooling systems and is built out of recycled building materials.
May 07, 2012 -
Competition, reliance on commercial technology drove down prices for IT consolidation on ships, Navy official says. The service still is figuring out how to integrate CANES with its NGEN shore-based system. The RFP for NGEN is expected any day.
May 07, 2012 -
The Army will soon issue guidance to all of its commands telling them to cut the dollars they spend on service contracts, the service's top contracting official tells Federal News Radio.
May 04, 2012 -
Hiring managers at the Air Force have 15 days — instead of 30 days — to choose the best candidates to fill civilian vacancies.
May 04, 2012 -
The ceiling value on the contract is $454 million. Most of the work will be located in Linthicum, Md., at at DC3 headquarters.
May 04, 2012 -
ThunderCat Technology founder Tom Deierlien joins host John Gilroy to talk about how his company can help your agency with its data center consolidation. May 1, 2012
May 02, 2012 -
Cyber warriors from the Air Force Academy's first dedicated cyber team swept through the country securing networks and taking names in April.
May 01, 2012