Defense Department
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The commander of Air Education and Training Command wants to overhaul the service's process for training new pilots, and artificial intelligence will play a major role.
September 19, 2018 -
Air Force secretary Heather Wilson said the service needs 74 additional squadrons in order to meet the missions it's been assigned under the new national defense strategy.
September 17, 2018 -
Appeals court says the Army acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it decided to pay contractors to build a new intelligence IT system, rather than buying a commercially-available one.
September 17, 2018 -
The organizational chart that maps out responsibilities for ensuring VA's new electronic health record will work with DoD's has 16 different boxes in it. That's a worry for many lawmakers.
September 14, 2018 -
To advance the state-of-the art in using artificial intelligence for electronic warfare, the Army's Rapid Capabilities Office turns to a nontraditional "challenge" process.
September 13, 2018 -
On the theory that carefully calculating each unit's operations and support costs would support better planning, the Congressional Budget Office did just that.
September 04, 2018 -
Air Force chief says the service is likely to restructure its Pentagon offices and numbered forces to combine cyber, ISR and electronic warfare.
August 31, 2018 -
Army Futures Command only came about because of Sen. John McCain's insistence that the Army fix its modernization problems, service leaders said.
August 28, 2018 -
Senate version of Defense funding bill would require detailed examination of MHS Genesis by the Government Accountability Office.
August 28, 2018 -
The new commander of Army Cyber Command is advocating for a rebranding, along with an expanded mission set that embraces information operations, intelligence.
August 28, 2018 -
The Senate last week passed a bill to fund the Defense Department, we all as the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Education.
August 27, 2018 -
As it seeks a new long-term strategy for its tactical networks, Army leaders say they're aiming to jumpstart the design process by beginning with commercial equipment that's already been proved by the military's special operations forces.
August 24, 2018 -
Annual compendium finds DoD could save $2.3 billion if it implemented just 33 out of its more than 1,500 open recommendations.
August 23, 2018 -
The Pentagon is using its Other Transaction Authority for "nontraditional" contractors to replace the Defense Travel System. But the recipient is a Fortune 500 company.
August 17, 2018 -
At a National Guard facility in southeastern Indiana, the Army is training cyber soldiers in ways that show them how their keystrokes impact the real world.
August 16, 2018