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Defense Innovation Board suggests ways to bridge the ‘valley of death’

The Pentagon has money to develop innovative new products; the Defense Innovation Board has recommendations to make those investments more effective.

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Second stage of Chinese telecom ban producing unintended consequences

Defense

What defense experts say the Biden White House needs to do for innovation in the military

Air Force

Space Force sets up innovation hub to connect with commercial partners

Reporter's Notebook

Air Force’s next hack of the federal procurement system: One-year funding

Federal Newscast

Senators want know what VA has planned for COVID vaccine distribution

Air Force

Air Force ready to begin deploying portions of ABMS next year

In Data Center Two Military Men Work with Open Server Rack Cabinet. One Holds Military Edition Laptop.

Air Force

Data organization is holding back the Advanced Battle Management System

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, file photo, an American flag flies at half-staff over the White House in Washington. A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to White House, has been arrested at the New York-Canada border. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Industry holds its breath on impact of Trump diversity training order

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Air Force

How the Air Force plans to move to digital versions of weapons competitions

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Air Force

The Air Force built a secret new fighter jet with the 'magic' of digital engineering

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Army

Army sets up Software Factory for 2028 battle and beyond

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Air Force

Coronavirus pushed Air Force to move industry engagements online. Officials wish it had been sooner.

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Defense

Coronavirus is hitting small defense companies, but there may be a silver lining

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Navy

Navy hoping to keep some acquisition momentum during COVID-19

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from launch complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a payload of a high frequency satellite Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Built by Lockheed Martin, this U.S. military spacecraft will provide highly-secure communications. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Air Force

Air Force says space industry needs stimulus as economy fails

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)

Air Force

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

Air Force

Air Force

Air Force using agile approach to connect systems for battle

Computer hacker. Internet crime working on a code on laptop screen with dark digital background. Cyber attack in cyberspace concept

Air Force

Air Force wants bug bounties to tackle cyber threats deep in its supply chain

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Federal Newscast

BLM employees given timeline to decide on relocation plans

NEC Corp.'s machine with propellers hovers at the company's facility in Abiko near Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. The Japanese electronics maker showed a "flying car," a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Air Force

Is the key to expanding DoD's industrial base in flying cars?

Top-view of an Air Force F-22 Raptor banking in flight.

Air Force

Corporate consolidation, new threat landscape has Air Force changing how it makes planes

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Building planes like iPhones: How the Air Force can adapt to rapidly-changing technology