FILE - In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can for the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Defense

DoD budget largely flat, cuts legacy systems for modernization

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DoD Reporter's Notebook

IG: Pentagon disregarded auditors, overpaid contractors by as much as $97M

Mike Rogers
CyberChat

5G is more than just better data rates

Christopher Krebs
Cybersecurity

Krebs: Shared services to help move federal civilian away from untenable cyber posture

Ron Johnson
Federal Newscast

Senate bill would make it harder for political appointees to become civil servants

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry supplies to the International Space Station stands ready at complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday morning and for the first time, NASA cameras will provide live 360-degree video of the rocket heading toward space. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Reporter's Notebook

Fights, budgeting and planning are all ahead if DoD wants to set up a space force by 2020

Mike Rogers
Tom Temin Commentary

Intelligence community tries to burnish its image

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Air Force

Air Force has long to-do list for space operations, Wilson says

Mike Rogers
Defense

CYBERCOM and NSA leadership needs to evolve and that may mean a leadership split

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Reporter's Notebook

What can DoD, civilian cyber efforts learn from the Coast Guard approach to maritime security?

Uniformed and civilian cyber and military intelligence specialists monitor Army networks in the Cyber Mission Unit’s Cyber Operations Center at Fort Gordon, Ga. (Photo by Michael L. Lewis)
(Photo by Michael L. Lewis)
Defense News

Cyber Mission Forces try to manipulate cyber terrain with new policy

Cyber Command
Acquisition Policy

CYBERCOM setting up new acquisition office for rapid procurement funds

Todd A. Weiler is the assistant secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
Defense

DoD wants Trump to change Reserve training options

President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as he leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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DoD Reporter's Notebook

Mattis nomination for SECDEF requires both houses of Congress, but all signs point to yes

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Federal Drive

Congress raises concern over future of NSA's Rogers

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, acknowledges a fellow Navy veteran during a Phoenix Memorial Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Monday, May 30, 2016, in Phoenix.  At age 79, running what may be his last campaign, McCain finds himself on uncertain terrain.  (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)
Congress

Armed Services Committee members find solid ground in election results