Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Jordana Mishory was managing editor of Inside the Pentagon until May 2017, where she covered the Pentagon's science and technology programs, audit-readiness efforts, and acquisition reform. Jordana previously worked as a reporter at the Daily Business Review in South Florida, where her articles led to the institution of more diversity training for judges and underscored the fact that a program designed to represent poor people wasn't working. Jordana's work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, The Florida Bar and the Florida Press Club.
U.S. allies are in support of the Defense Department's decision to invest more money in the European Reassurance Initiative, an effort designed to help keep Russian aggression in check, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said during a press briefing Tuesday.
The Pentagon is requesting $6.7 billion for cyber operations in fiscal year 2017 -- nearly $900 million more than the amount Congress enacted last year, according to the department's budget overview released Tuesday.
The Pentagon is seeking nearly $3 billion in fiscal year 2017 for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which intends to use the money to fund breakthrough technologies by "rethinking complex military systems," "mastering the information explosion" and "developing the seeds of new technological surprise," according to agency leaders.
The Pentagon intends to save billions of dollars over the next five years through a series of reform initiatives that include reducing headquarters activities and optimizing information technology, among others, according to President Obama's fiscal year 2017 budget overview documents released Feb. 9.
A bipartisan pair of senators have introduced a bill to help the Pentagon develop electronic-warfare technology as other nations are enhancing their capabilities in ways that narrow the United States' competitive edge.
The Defense Department's top weapons tester is calling for enhanced statistical analytic techniques, better survey design and analysis, and improved modeling and simulation in an aim to make sure the information provided to decision makers is the best possible.
The Pentagon's top weapons tester is calling for defense officials to continue to develop an overarching test strategy for the department's information technology operating network, the Joint Information Environment.
The Pentagon's inspector general is launching a study this month on whether the Defense Department is fixing problems found during cyber readiness inspections.
The Defense Department's No. 2 official has tasked an influential advisory panel with looking into the best practices for test and evaluation in an aim to ensure they are being used most effectively.
The Pentagon's advanced research arm is seeking industry's input to find ways to protect U.S. naval operations in the open ocean from adversarial unmanned underwater vehicles.
The Pentagon is crafting a sustainment strategy to address perceived risks to the hard body armor industrial base, according to a recent report labeled "for official use only" and signed by Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall.
The Defense Department should designate an entity to help facilitate innovation through virtual consultancy with an aim to help build its capacity, according to a new recommendation approved by an influential advisory panel.
The Defense Information Systems Agency hopes to create a center of excellence to help mission partners with their enterprise resource planning systems, according to an agency official.
The Pentagon is concerned about the domestic solid rocket motor industrial base as budgets continue to be strained, the workforce ages and competitive opportunities are limited, according to a recent report sent to lawmakers by Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall.
Defense officials met at a summit last week to discuss what the operational concept of the Joint Regional Security Stacks would look like, according to defense officials.
The Pentagon intends to obligate $71.7 million in fiscal year 2016 for the cooperative threat reduction program funding under the FY-16 Continuing Appropriations Act, with a majority of those funds split between cooperative biological engagement and proliferation prevention, according to a recent report sent to lawmakers.
The Pentagon's advanced research arm seeks to hold an industry event later this month to inform potential proposers about a project designed to help develop undersea communications technology for unmanned undersea vehicles.
The Pentagon has not established an integrated strategy or policy to help increase renewable energy usage on its installations, the Government Accountability Office found in a recent report.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is working on updating the acquisition strategy and requirements for the next generations of milCloud and enterprise email, according to an agency official.
U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking industry input for a soft-body armor technology that can withstand different projectiles as part of an effort to "accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities" to the warfighter, according to a recent notice.