national defense strategy

• Army’s data strategy moves the service from industrial to information age

  The Army’s chief information officer said the service has an “operational imperative” to migrate data to a cloud environment.

  Big Data

  May 25, 2020
• The pandemic’s effect on national defense strategy

  If a virus can kill Americans and wreck the economy more easily than a foreign enemy, is the United States approaching the idea of national defense the right way in the first place?

  Defense

  April 17, 2020
• DoD budget proposal includes $7.8B in cuts, transfers from Defense agencies

  The budget the Pentagon will propose next week includes $5.7 billion in program cancellations throughout DoD's "fourth estate," in addition to more than $2 billion in programs it wants to move to the control of the military services.

  Defense

  February 07, 2020
• CSIS International Security Program looks to 2020 budget for defense strategy

  Senior Adviser to the CSIS International Security program Mark Cancian joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share what it found.

  Federal Drive

  November 26, 2019
• Do DoD’s 2020 budget requests reflect National Defense Strategy?

  For more than a year, the Defense Department has been operating under a new doctrine. Namely, that the U.S. is back in the game of great powers competition.

  Federal Drive

  September 05, 2019
• Pentagon undergoing defense-wide review for inefficiencies

  The Defense Department is taking a hard look at its programs into 2025.

  Defense

  August 09, 2019
• New Air Force installations strategy plans for sustained budget increases and demolished buildings

  The Air Force is paying more attention to its installations, as the deferred maintenance bill gets higher.

  All News

  July 05, 2019
• DoD’s No. 2 says smaller budget would slow modernization

  After asking what a 5 percent cut would look like, the Defense Department will present the president with its findings after Thanksgiving.

  Defense News

  November 16, 2018
• Energy Regulatory Commission chairman resigns due to health concerns

  Neil Chatterjee will take over as chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after Kevin McIntyre announced he was stepping down due to a "health setback."

  Federal Newscast

  October 25, 2018
• Is military education more credit-obsessed than lethal?

  Paula Thornhill, senior political scientist and director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program at the Rand Corporation, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Federal Drive

  September 06, 2018
• ‘National security ecosystem’ should embrace agility in workforce, Navy undersecretary says

  Undersecretary of the Navy Thomas Modly believes the key to implementing the new national defense strategy, not to mention prevailing in any future conflicts, is agility.

  Navy

  February 27, 2018