On DoD

  • The Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command awarded 36 contracts under its OPTARSS II program. The program provides DoD with operational planning, training and more.

    April 21, 2011
  • A new report finds the Pentagon used faulty data when it decided to relocate 6,400 Department of Defense workers from Crystal City to Alexandria\'s Mark Center as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act.

    April 21, 2011
  • Erin Pitera is the VP of Federal Management Partners and describes how the Navy was able to bring on much sought-after acquisition professionals.

    April 20, 2011
  • Security designs for the new Mark Center have been posted online. In a major breach of security, Defense officials admit a document describing the bomb-proofing security plans for the new Defense building were published on a public website for the Army Corps of Engineers.

    April 20, 2011
  • Record retention rates lead to Navy downsizing.

    April 15, 2011
  • Army officials told Congress Thursday that they had made progress in reforming management at Arlington National Cemetery, an institution they said lacked a management foundation when a new management team took over in the wake of a scandal involving mismarked grave sites and other problems. Some members still are unhappy with the changes.

    April 15, 2011
  • Many lawmakers advocate cutting Defense spending as part of FY 2012. Boeing\'s Dennis Muilenburg tells us about what the contracting giant is doing to prepare.

    April 14, 2011
  • U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems a $17.9 million contract to produce Type-3 advanced mission computers (AMC) for the F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G Super Hornet aircraft.

    April 14, 2011
  • Raytheon Company\'s Standard Missile-3 block one-A completed its 19th intercept during a flight test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. This was the first flight test of a SM-3 Block one-A against an intermediate range ballistic missile and the first launch-on-remote engagement of a ballistic missile target. SM-3\'s interception of the target signifies a major milestone in the first phase of the current administration\'s Phased Adaptive Approach for missile defense in Europe.

    April 13, 2011
  • For the first time, the Office of Naval Research has proven that its laser can operate at sea.

    April 12, 2011
  • After a decade at war, the Army must transform itself to better face the challenges of the future, the general taking the helm of America\'s ground force said Monday, telling soldiers he will lay out a plan for the future in two months.

    April 12, 2011
  • And out of the more than 450 teams that competed, Team Wilson out of Florida Cadet Squadron took home the Commander-in-Chief trophy.

    April 06, 2011
  • The Navy will eventually use the software, but its available now in the Dangerous Waters computer game as well as a free online download.

    April 06, 2011
  • The best defense against cyber attacks is not a new weapon system but strict human security procedures,

    April 06, 2011