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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.
Alarm bells continue to ring over the hundreds of billions of dollars in Pentagon cuts that could result from sequestration as several members of Congress today called for the Obama administration to take a larger role in solving the problem and encouraged fellow lawmakers to put everything -- including taxes and entitlements -- on the table.
Senate authorizers want the defense secretary to provide annual reports on the Pentagon's progress on research and development to integrate unmanned drones into the national airspace and related funding needs.
Counterfeit parts create national security risks and endanger the lives of military personnel, and the Pentagon fails to fully comprehend the scope and impact of these parts on its critical defense systems, according to a Senate Armed Services Committee report released today.
NATO nations should not organize their withdrawals from Afghanistan in isolation, the organization's top transformation official said today.
The Pentagon's Hypersonic Technology Vehicle most likely broke up and crashed into the ocean during its second flight last year because of "unexpected aeroshell degradation" that activated the flight safety system, according to findings by an independent engineering review board released today.
The Pentagon should streamline its requirements and acquisition processes and enhance the involvement of the service chiefs in acquisition matters, the Defense Business Board says.
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee today called on Congress to pass a budget immediately, saying that kicking the can down the road will hurt both the economy and prospects for future defense spending.
The Defense Department will use its authority to close bases with fewer than 300 civilian personnel if Congress rejects its base closure and realignment request, a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers today.
A means of helping unmanned aerial vehicles provide far more surveillance time and intelligence information per mission while reducing support costs has been successfully developed by industry -- but will not be employed, according to a project accomplishments summary by one of the companies.
The Pentagon wants Congress to alter a law designed to give preference to unmanned systems so that either manned systems or drones could be considered to fill capability requirements.
The Pentagon intends to seek the authority to launch new base realignments and closures in proposed legislation expected within the next week, a defense official told lawmakers today.
U.S. Southern Command and its partners lack the maritime assets needed to stop two-thirds of the traffickers they track, the command's top general said today.
Additional defense spending reductions would force the Pentagon to institute fundamental changes in how the military services operate, according to the Defense Department's former policy chief.
The Pentagon never considered making cuts to its cybersecurity funding as it searched for nearly half a trillion dollars in cuts over the next decade, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said today.
In a move that could greatly alter how the Pentagon contracts for software, the Army is poised to launch a new pilot project designed to develop an application marketplace resembling the iPhone App Store for the cloud, said Col. Charles Wells, the project manager of the distributed common ground systems for the Army.
Congress should not take any legislative action in response to the Pentagon's fiscal year 2013 budget request until lawmakers receive a risk assessment from the Defense Department, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) said today.
The United States and Russia are engaged in discussions to help pave the way for future nuclear arms reductions negotiations, a senior State Department official said today.
The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization is inviting industry to participate in a series of “challenges” in hopes of finding new ways to overcome the persistent threat of improvised explosive devices.
A handful of Republican senators will file a bill today that would replace cuts during the first year of sequestration with savings found through federal employee attrition and pay freezes.
Cyber threats have been elevated to a top national security concern on par with terrorism and proliferation, and are one of the most challenging issues facing the intelligence community, the director of national intelligence told lawmakers today.