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
Rep. Randy Forbes, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower subcommittee, has called for more budget for defense systems and seeks to undo the 2015 budget deal, Breaking Defense reported Friday. According
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The U.S. Army will test an Israeli-made sensor suite intended to help identify mines and improvised explosive devices in Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes
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Gordon Bitko, an eight-year FBI veteran, has been appointed as chief information officer at the bureau, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jason Miller writes Bitko, a RAND Corp. scholar and author, will
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Both appropriations panels of the House and Senate have approved $4.2 billion in funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs but places some restrictions on spending for the VA’s electronic health record modernization effort, FCW
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The Department of Homeland Security and NASA have formed a partnership to jointly hold crowdsourcing-based prize competitions as part of both agencies’ efforts to help develop new technologies. DHS said Wednesday its
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Casey Coleman, group vice president for federal civilian agencies at Unisys, has called for new approaches for the protection of federal data and networks. “[Traditional] perimeter-based defenses are not going to keep
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U.S. Strategic Command and United Arab Emirates’ national space agency have agreed to exchange space services and data in a joint effort to ensure the safety of operations in low-Earth orbit. Stratcom said
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The General Services Administration wants to move the Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters to a new location in Northern Virginia. GSA said in a presolicitation notice posted Tuesday that it seeks anew office space in the region
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The U.S. Navy has appointed Rear Adm. Roy Kelley, formerly commander of Carrier Strike Group 12, as director of its newly created Joint Strike Fighter Fleet Integration Office. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced Tuesday
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Defense Department Chief Information Offier Terry Halvorsen has said the military and DoD agencies all believe they can meet a January 2017 deadline to transition the Pentagon’s entire network to Windows 10, Fedscoop reported
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