On DoD
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Though he faced "headwinds" of bias, Vince Stewart rose to high rank on merit
May 03, 2023 -
As the Army looks to another year of recruiting shortages, it takes a new look at how it trains recruiters.
May 03, 2023 -
The U.S. Marine Corps is currently embarking on a restructuring plan know as Force Design 2030. It looks to reshape its combat power for future conflicts with near-peer adversaries, i.e. China.
May 02, 2023 -
Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) heard testimony, regarding a so-called "revolving door" between the Pentagon and companies to which it awards contracts. The SASC's Personnel Subcommittee presented a report from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on the topic.
May 02, 2023 -
Five architectural firms are now at work on proposals for a brand new museum for the Navy. To learn more about why the Navy will build a new museum, as well as to hear about the Navy's vision for the new facility.
May 01, 2023 -
Soldiers at a Fort Stewart innovation center design a device to detect temperature and humidity conditions that lead to mold.
April 28, 2023 -
Roughly 600 officers are implicated in a misunderstanding of Army policy that could require them to serve for three years longer than they'd planned
April 28, 2023 -
In 2020, Congress repealed something known as the Survivor Benefit Plan - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset. Better known as the Widow's Tax, it disappeared after a three-year phase-out ending earlier his year.
April 27, 2023 -
The Government Accountability Office denied a protest by Peraton over the Air Force’s award to CACI in December.
April 26, 2023 -
Defense organizations routinely collaborate with multiple industry partners to develop tactical edge networking and communications innovations. Typically, hardware, software and systems advancements take priority when integrating new components and capabilities into a platform, and it’s only at the end of the process that the network team gains exclusive access to test and verify configurations prior to flight.
April 26, 2023 -
Bad things can happen when contractors fail to include their subs in negotiations with the government. The Air Force decided to redo its approach to a small construction contract. It drove up costs.
April 26, 2023 -
The Army pushes forward a fast track for software acquisition and new ways to manage IP licensing.
April 26, 2023 -
A recent decision from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has allowed a lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force to move forward as a class action suit.
April 24, 2023 -
One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Steel rods are brought in by train to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv can’t get enough of. The plant is at the vanguard of a multibillion-dollar Pentagon plan to modernize and accelerate its production of ammunition and equipment. It is one of just two sites in the U.S. that make the steel bodies for the 155 mm howitzer rounds that the U.S. is rushing to Ukraine. The lack of 155 mm shells has alarmed U.S. military planners, who see it as a critical shortage.
April 23, 2023 -
A new model aims to allocate DoD's limited facility sustainment dollars toward buildings where the funding can do the most good. But the funding model itself is subject to budget challenges, and might not be ready until 2026.
April 21, 2023