President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
The White House has launched a new acquisition tool designed to help agencies identify contracts that comply with the government’s energy requirements. Anne Rung, the U.S. chief acquisition officer, and Christine Harada,
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to develop a comprehensive plan and related metrics to implement readiness recovery goals. GAO said Wednesday the military services reported that their readiness
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The Defense Department plans to hinder the fiscal year 2017 defense spending plan proposed by House Majority Leader Paul Ryan through a set of strategies outlined in an internal strategy memo, Defense
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The Defense Logistics Agency has kicked off its mapping operations at Fort Bragg with the delivery of the first four topographic maps for mission planning on Aug. 16. DLA Distribution Mapping warehouse
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NASA has invited university student teams and their faculty advisers to design and analyze concepts that utilize modular space systems and robotic technology for in-space spacecraft assembly. NASA’s Game Changing Development Program and the
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U.S. Navy sailors from the USS Gerald R. Ford pre-commissioning unit have completed the Advanced Arresting Gear operator and maintainer initial training program held at New Jersey-based test facilities. Nineteen sailors graduated during the
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Ron Thompson, principal deputy chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has said VA expects to make progress in cloud acquisition efforts this month, FCW reported Friday. Chase Gunter writes Thompson told an industry event hosted
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The U.S. Air Force plans to fill at least half of the service’s RQ-4 Global Hawk pilot crew with enlisted airmen over the next several years amid operational demand and pilot shortage
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NASA and Boeing have begun to test a new insulation system designed to protect the Space Launch System and its cold fuels as part of the agency’s preparations for Mars exploration missions. Three types of cryogenic
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Terry Halvorsen, chief information officer of the Defense Department, does not expect the agency to fulfill its January 2017 goal for Windows 10 transition, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Scott Maucione writes
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