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.
In a tight budget scenario, defense officials have to be careful to not "crowd out" funding for conventional systems with money set aside for nuclear capabilities, according to the deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command.
The Pentagon's efforts to counter the cyber threat and gather related intelligence would benefit from a situational awareness "dashboard," a culture that stops vilifying the victim and greater partnerships with industry, according to a panel of defense and industry experts.
The Pentagon and other government agencies must assume that they will sustain damage from the proliferation of cyberattacks and remediate them while continuing their missions, the U.S. Cyber Command chief said Sept. 16, noting that he is also monitoring threats from the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The Pentagon's timeline for the Future Vertical Lift initiative to reach initial operational capability is too far away, an Aerospace Industries Association executive fretted today -- a point agreed to by the Pentagon's FVL acquisition staff specialist.
The Pentagon needs to present better measurements of how cuts to readiness negatively impact the military's performance, according to budget analyst Todd Harrison.
The Pentagon is eying a third test of its Advanced Hypersonic Weapon after the second test last month was terminated shortly after liftoff, the Defense Department's acting research and engineering chief said in a brief interview.
The Pentagon's advanced research arm is seeking industry input to determine if it should pursue networked maritime operations as a means to maintain superiority in contested environments.
The head of the Pentagon's procurement and acquisition policy shop is considering releasing guidance on the proper use of firm-fixed-price contracting in light of an overusage of the contracting type.
Ending the threat of sequestration is the No. 1 action Congress could take to improve the acquisition process, Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said Tuesday.
Citing its national security importance, Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall approved the Combat Rescue Helicopter to enter the engineering and manufacturing development phase, even though it failed to meet four provisions.
Contending that the Pentagon has "inadvertently erected barriers against innovation," an influential advisory panel is calling on the Defense Department to do away with its overly bureaucratic processes for procuring non-platform systems.
The Pentagon's top weapons tester on Tuesday hit back at critics who say operational testing delays schedules and increases costs for major defense programs.
Although the Pentagon is winding down its operations in Afghanistan, senior defense leaders told the House Budget Committee on Thursday that they anticipate overseas contingency operations funding to be an "enduring" need -- much to the chagrin of panel members.
A key House Armed Services Committee member is calling for more details about the Obama administration's $59 billion overseas contingency operations request with an eye toward one day folding all OCO funding into the base budget.
In light of events in Ukraine, the Pentagon should halt planned reductions to its force structure in Europe and consider adding more rotational forces, U.S. European Command chief and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Philip M. Breedlove said Monday.
To help advance U.S. security efforts and avoid setting a dangerous precedent, the Obama administration should enhance transparency and oversight of targeted drone strikes, according to a new yearlong study by the Stimson Center.
Although an open systems approach to acquisition can potentially benefit all programs, it must be applied on a case-by-case basis assessed through the Defense Department's milestone decision process, Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall told lawmakers in a recent report.
The Pentagon expects to produce plans next year for achieving full financial statement audit readiness, according to the Defense Department’s most recent Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan Status Report.
The Pentagon is seeking congressional support for its plan to expand prototyping efforts in lieu of formal acquisition programs in the face of a tight budget environment, a senior defense official told lawmakers.
U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking industry's help to develop a next-generation tactical communications hand-held radio that will be available in both urban and maritime variants.