David Goldfein

Spc. Adrian Marchman, a human resource specialist assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps conducts “parachute recovery” after jumping from 1,200 feet during an Airborne assault at Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 23, 2017.

Army tries to breathe fire into innovation by going straight to the source

The Dragon Innovation Program follows a trend of looking to soldiers for new ideas.

Army

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NDAA would create National Cyber Director position in White House

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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DoD’s $7B household goods contract takes an even stranger turn

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, right, sitting next to Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on long-term budgetary challenges. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

First Look

More pilots are staying in the Air Force and others may come home this fall

Air Force

Big data helps the Air Force gain an advantage on the talent war

Federal Insights

Air Force adjusting operations to account for long-term COVID fight

Air Force

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A medical worker wearing a single protective glove and a face mask walks past a line of workers and visitors waiting to be tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the main entrance to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Monday, March 23, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Federal employees on frontlines of coronavirus response could get premium pay bumps

Federal Newscast

Esper: Stop move order will extend past May 11

Defense

In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 photo, forms from the U.S. Census Bureau arrive at a home in Orlando, Fla. The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

2020 Census count keeps on moving despite pandemic

Federal Newscast

Military stop move order could go into August, Goldfein says

Defense

Air Force delays testing of battle management system, isolates pilots due to coronavirus

Air Force

New guidance, Defense Production Act and other coronavirus challenges vendors should know about

The Defense Department has set up a daily call with associations representing its vendors to take stock of how the coronavirus is impacting its industrial…

Contracts/Awards

In this photo taken Aug. 26, 2019 and released by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer, 435th Air Expeditionary Wing photojournalist, salutes the flag during a ceremony signifying the change from tactical to enduring operations at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Kenya. The al-Shabab extremist group said Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 that it has attacked the Camp Simba military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya, while Kenya's military says the attempted pre-dawn breach was repulsed and at least four attackers were killed. (Staff Sgt. Lexie West/U.S. Air Force via AP)

‘Families and support systems are ALWAYS on the back burner!’ Air Force sees spike in suicides in 2019

The Air Force saw 137 service members and civilians kill themselves last year.

Air Force

Goldfein: Building Space Force is a balancing act of independence

Defense News

The Air Force needs to keep the Space Force in its organization while also letting it build its own culture.