President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of the Department of Defense, DOD News reported Monday. Salesses will serve as interim DOD secretary
Rear Adm. Craig Faller, chief of legislative affairs for the secretary of the U.S. Navy in Washington, has been appointed senior military assistant to the Defense Department secretary. Acting Navy Secretary Sean Stackley
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Heather Wilson, former U.S. representative from New Mexico, will be nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as secretary of the Air Force, DoD News reported Monday. Wilson’s “distinguished military service, high level
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The U.S., Japan and South Korea have begun a three-day naval defense missile exercise amid threats that North Korea may conduct a fire-test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Stars and Stripes reported
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Michael Daniel, White House cybersecurity coordinator, has called on President Donald Trump’s cyber officials to continue to address systemic issues in cybersecurity and introduce changes to information technology management, Nextgov reported Tuesday.
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Gregory Zacharias, chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, has said the service branch has begun efforts to incorporate artificial intelligence functions into F-35s and other fighter aircraft in order to facilitate manned-unmanned teaming operations
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The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group and approximately 6,000 sailors were scheduled Saturday to depart Norfolk, Virginia, and Mayport, Florida, for deployment. The U.S. Navy said Thursday the deployment is part of
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Matt Cutts, a 16-year engineer at Google and director of engineering at the U.S. Digital Service, will serve as acting administrator of USDS. Cutts wrote in a blog post published Wednesday he will succeed
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The U.S. Navy plans to award more than $10 million in funds to projects that will be selected under the Avionics Component Improvement Program for fiscal 2018. AvCIP seeks to address problems
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Aaron Hughes, deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy at the Defense Department, has said the U.S. government’s national power instruments and the U.S. military’s stated policy have helped deter “destructive” cyber
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The Senate Armed Services Committee recommended the nomination of James Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, as Defense Department secretary through a 26-1 vote Wednesday. The committee said Wednesday it will hand over Mattis’ official
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