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 light of findings that the Pentagon is underutilizing autonomous technology, the Defense Department's research and engineering chief should work with military services to develop a coordinated science and technology program that would strengthen key enabling technologies, a new Defense Science Board report recommends.
Military intervention by NATO in the Syrian conflict could cause more collateral damage than good, Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow said today.
As the threat of sequestration cuts looms, the Pentagon should begin planning for a reprogramming effort to preserve its high-priority items, defense budget analyst Todd Harrison said today.
The Defense Department plans to sign a $1.2 billion deal with Australia to jointly develop new capabilities for P-8A Poseidon aircraft in response to evolving threats.
Afghan security forces will be able to handle their own security, including threats from terrorist pockets camped out in safe havens in Pakistan, following the U.S. military's withdrawal in 2014, a Pentagon official said today.
The Pentagon wants industry input on the "convergence" of electronic warfare and cyber operations, two areas of focus for the department in its efforts to develop capabilities to operate in anti-access, area denial environments, a defense official said today.
Sequestration would negatively impact readiness and training, "indiscriminately" cut funding for nearly 2,500 programs and projects, reduce the number of weapons purchased and create an "unready, hollow military force," the Pentagon's No. 2 official told lawmakers today.
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee has chosen to fund the controversial Medium Extended Air Defense System in its version of the fiscal year 2013 defense-spending bill -- a decision that puts the subcommittee at odds with the other three defense committees, which zeroed out the $400.9 million request, according to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
Defense contractors do not need to provide 60-day notices to employees possibly facing termination as a result of sequestration, according to guidance released today by the Labor Department.
The Pentagon has achieved the objectives of the White House's "cloud first" policy by shifting three major services to the cloud within an 18-month period, a senior Defense Department official said.
As the Pentagon considers developing a submarine-launched conventional prompt global strike capability, the Navy is conducting wind tunnel testing on reentry body shapes and holding discussions to ensure the Virginia-class payload module doesn't preclude related future capabilities, a senior service official said today.
The Pentagon is poised this month to launch an assessment designed to look at establishing a common information technology infrastructure in Europe in what would be a microcosm of how the Joint Information Environment would work across the whole department, said Rear Adm. Marshall Lytle, the J-6 director at U.S. Cyber Command.
The Aerospace Industries Association is out with a report today claiming that if Congress does not reach a compromise to halt sequestration cuts, 2.14 million jobs will be lost and the fragile U.S. economy will be pushed into a recession.
Democrats will only agree to a sequestration-replacement plan that includes revenue increases, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said today.
The Pentagon has completed its long-awaited cloud computing strategy, which calls for a four-step phased approach to help the government transition from the "current state of duplicative, cumbersome and costly application silos" to the Defense Department Enterprise Cloud Environment.
U.S. Cyber Command chief Gen. Keith Alexander expressed concern today that cyber attacks will soon move from disruptive to destructive in nature, warning that the United States must be prepared for them.
The House is poised to debate the fiscal year 2013 defense-spending bill on the floor next week.
The Pentagon anticipates a record $60 billion in foreign military sales this fiscal year, a projection that industry analysts say could stem from potential arms sales to Taiwan, India or Japan.
The Pentagon is not planning for potential sequestration cuts because it does not want to end up having to face the effects of its plans, a senior defense official said.
The threat of sequestration introduces a huge amount of uncertainty for the defense industry, which could lead to negative behaviors, Brett Lambert, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for manufacturing and industrial base policy, said today.