Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said President-elect Donald Trump will have to work to find compromise on a number of his defense-related campaign pledges.
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Sunday, May 12, 2024
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Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said President-elect Donald Trump will have to work to find compromise on a number of his defense-related campaign pledges.
U.S. Special Command is seeking industry's input for powering a light tactical all-terrain vehicle that weighs less than 2,500 pounds.
The Pentagon needs to develop a certification program to help improve intelligence support to major defense acquisition programs, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.
The Pentagon needs to do a better job of explaining to the Government Accountability Office that its Joint Information Environment is a concept and not a single program, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen.
The Pentagon's unmanned systems coordinator is calling on industry to start working on swarming technology, stressing its importance to the department's mission.
The Pentagon, partly working through the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, has embarked on an effort to eliminate the Common Access Card, or CAC, while maintaining security, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen.
The Pentagon's new data center closure team began its work in Charleston, SC, this week, according to Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Raytheon a $174.7 million contract today for a program designed to develop technologies that would enable weapon systems to fly more than five times the speed of sound -- the third and final contract expected for the agency's hypersonic-related programs.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced the creation of a new chief innovation officer position as lawmakers consider legislation that would eliminate the Pentagon's acquisition chief and partly replace it with a new research and engineering official.
The Pentagon is putting the finishing touches on the next iteration of its 25-year roadmap for unmanned vehicles, which is designed to be an "informative reference guide," according to the defense official overseeing the effort.
All of U.S. Cyber Command's cyber mission force teams have reached initial operational capability and are ready to execute their fundamental missions, the command announced this week.
The Pentagon's advanced research projects agency intends to finish testing an unmanned vessel designed to track and trail enemy submarines in the next year and transition the program to the Navy, according to the program manager.
In an aim to find efficiencies in the Pentagon's $150 billion logistics enterprise, the Defense Business Board is calling for another round of base closures; an end-to-end assessment of supply chain vulnerabilities; and the creation of a new management structure for the Defense Logistics Agency.
The Pentagon needs to improve its test and evaluation infrastructure, get a better handle on how much the enterprise costs and give the services a stronger voice, according to recommendations unanimously approved by the Defense Business Board Thursday.
Defense officials do not know what an attack in space would look like, but any future administration would want to convince adversaries that the risks for doing so are bigger than any potential benefits, according to Douglas Loverro, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy.
The Pentagon has "significantly improved" its reporting on facility utilization -- a change that has enabled defense officials to get a better sense of how many buildings are being underutilized and the accompanying effects, according to a recent report sent to lawmakers by acquisition chief Frank Kendall.
Industry executives this week discussed challenges facing the Pentagon in its effort to engage in open architecture systems, specifically honing in on culture and testing.
The Defense Business Board plans to hear and vote on recommendations on three studies examining logistics, test and evaluation and federally funded research and development center contracts during its quarterly meeting Thursday.
Defense officials do not know what an attack in space would look like, but any future administration would want to convince adversaries that the risks for doing so are bigger than any potential benefits, according to Douglas Loverro, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy.
The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental is working with U.S. Cyber Command to develop better tools to pursue adversaries in the cyber domain, according to a command official.