Mike Rogers

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)

DoD budget largely flat, cuts legacy systems for modernization

The budget gets rid of the overseas contingency operations account and divests $2.8 billion in legacy systems.

Defense

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

DoD Reporter's Notebook

5G is more than just better data rates

CyberChat

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

Cybersecurity

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

Federal Newscast

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)

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

Reporter's Notebook

Intelligence community tries to burnish its image

Tom Temin Commentary

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

Air Force

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

Defense

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

Reporter's Notebook

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)

Cyber Mission Forces try to manipulate cyber terrain with new policy

Defense News

CYBERCOM setting up new acquisition office for rapid procurement funds

U.S. Cyber Command is creating a 10 person team to handle the $75 million a year it will have for acquisition.

Acquisition Policy

DoD wants Trump to change Reserve training options

The Defense Department hopes the next administration will create more flexible training models for reservists in order to retain those in aviation and…

Defense

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

DoD Reporter's Notebook

The expected nomination of retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to become secretary of defense depends on a one-time change to federal statutes that require military officers to have been retired for at least seven years before becoming the civilian leader of the Pentagon.

Mike Rogers

DoD budget largely flat, cuts legacy systems for modernization

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

5G is more than just better data rates

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

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

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

Intelligence community tries to burnish its image

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

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

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

Cyber Mission Forces try to manipulate cyber terrain with new policy

CYBERCOM setting up new acquisition office for rapid procurement funds

DoD wants Trump to change Reserve training options

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

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