Following a move by House appropriators in June, a second congressional committee has slashed the Pentagon's request to rebuild its acquisition workforce, claiming the department seeks to spend an "excessive" amount.
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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.
Following a move by House appropriators in June, a second congressional committee has slashed the Pentagon's request to rebuild its acquisition workforce, claiming the department seeks to spend an "excessive" amount.
Senate defense appropriators have fully funded the Pentagon's $6.4 billion request to procure 29 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the upcoming fiscal year, but have limited the department's funding request for a 2015 production ramp-up.
Defense officials have missed several key deadlines called for by Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall to incorporate exportability features in initial weapon program designs, electing to wait for industry input from a roundtable slated for today.
The Pentagon should increase the frequency of testing for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, the department's policy chief James Miller said today, noting that defense officials are in the process of reevaluating testing plans for the two versions of GMD interceptors following a failed test this month.
The Defense Department inspector general's office hopes to release an audit of the Marine Corps' fiscal year 2012 statement of budgetary resources by the end of July, marking what could be the first time a military department receives an audit opinion, according to a senior Pentagon official.
As part of a broader effort to bolster the Pentagon's ability to detect chemical and biological weapons, the Defense Department during fiscal year 2012 fielded kits to U.S. forces in Kuwait in response to an urgent Army need, according to a DOD report.
A Senate panel is recommending cutting $100 million from the Pentagon's advanced research arm while seeking to beef up funding for a subprogram designed to help dominate the cyber battlespace.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is seeking a cloud services provider for commercial infrastructure as a service to support the Pentagon, according to a new draft request for proposals.
In a key step toward implementing widespread mobile device usage in the Pentagon, the Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a contract to help ensure secure communications.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today called on companies to better fortify their networks against cyber attacks, fretting that adversaries could exploit industry as a softer target in an effort to attack critical infrastructure.
The Pentagon plans to sign a new deal with India to develop and test algorithms to autonomously control swarms of small, unmanned aerial vehicles, the Defense Department's director for international cooperation, Keith Webster, told Congress in a recent letter.
In a bid to help improve the resilience of military systems before they are produced and deployed, the Pentagon has issued new guidelines to enable the developmental testing community to better develop a "robust cybersecurity" strategy.
Data collected from a successful test of an unmanned, hypersonic test demonstrator last week could help the Air Force develop weapon systems with increased survivability and responsiveness, according to the program's manager.
The United States needs to increase long-term federal investment in high-technology industries, develop domestic sources of key natural resources and better apply laws aimed at supporting the defense industrial base in order to become less dependent on importing essential items needed for national security, according to a new report by the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
An unmanned hypersonic flight test demonstrator flew five times the speed of sound this week, achieving the longest-ever air-breathing hypersonic flight, according to the Air Force.
The Pentagon aims to approve mobile devices and supporting applications in under a month, according to a senior defense official.
To deal with tough economic times, the Pentagon should establish a new semi-independent team to develop a detailed downsizing plan for how to aggressively cut costs, according to a Defense Business Board task force.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is gearing up to release a cloud computing request for proposals, the first since the department's cloud computing strategy was released last year, said Tony Montemarano, the agency's director of strategic planning and information.
The Pentagon has notified Congress how it will spend nearly $204 million this fiscal year for the Cooperative Threat Reduction program funds provided under the continuing resolution, with more than half of the money going to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
The Pentagon plans to cut production rates by 10 percent for fiscal year 2013 to deal with severe budget cuts that went into effect Friday, but will delay some drastic moves in hopes that relief will come soon, Defense Department acquisition czar Frank Kendall said today.