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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.
As potential adversaries like Russia increase their anti-access, area-denial capabilities, NATO nations should consider pursuing a similar path, according to retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, the former supreme allied commander for Europe.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) is frustrated that the Pentagon's effort to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to its own unified command has taken so long.
The Air Force is examining the appropriate mix of fighter aircraft to inform the F-16 radar modernization plan in preparation for the fiscal year 2018 budget request submission, according to a recent report signed by Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall.
The National Nuclear Security Administration is working on developing a more comprehensive plan for its nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence program, with the aim of finishing it by this fall, according to the NNSA administrator.
The Federal Aviation Administration has finalized operational rules for use of small drones in U.S. skies -- a move that has been enthusiastically supported by the Aerospace Industries Association.
The Pentagon is working to ensure its audit-readiness progress will be preserved to help a new presidential administration meet the September 30, 2017, deadline, though a favorable audit opinion remains "many years" off, Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord told the House Armed Services Committee on June 15.
A major milestone in the Army's quest to fly unmanned aircraft without the use of a visual observer or chase plane to avoid other aircraft has been delayed because the Gray Eagle units meant to conduct these flights have been deployed elsewhere, according to an Army official.
Quickly adapting the Pentagon's processes to integrate commercial technology, better transitioning technology to the field and recruiting a technologically proficient workforce are some of the biggest challenges facing the United States as the nation aims to remain competitive, according to several Defense Department research and development leaders.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday unveiled two new tranches in his overarching effort to help the Pentagon recruit and retain top talent in the civilian and military workforces.
The Pentagon's advanced research arm intends to hold a proposers' day later this month for a computing program that seeks "revolutionary techniques that will demonstrate the value of in-network programmability" in advance of a planned broad agency announcement, according to a recent notice on Federal Business Opportunities.
The defense industry supports a proposed Defense Department rule that would provide contractors with more safe harbors for cost reimbursement if they discover counterfeit parts in their supply chains, but industry advocates still have concerns about execution of the new policy.
The White House Office of Management and Budget will recommend that President Obama veto the Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill if it arrives on his desk in its present form, according to a 21-page statement of administration policy released Tuesday.
The Pentagon's No. 2 official has tasked an influential advisory panel with helping to ease the Defense Department's transition following the presidential election in November.
Senate appropriators want the defense secretary to provide quarterly reports on the Defense Department's wargaming efforts to help boost U.S. military superiority and operations.
Senate appropriators are adding to the chorus of lawmakers who want more information about the Pentagon's cloud computing efforts following findings by the Defense Department inspector general's office that DOD has failed to establish a standard cloud computing definition and an integrated repository for contracts.
Expressing concerns about U.S. access to the Arctic in the face of heavy Russian investments and activity in the region, the Senate Appropriations Committee has added $1 billion for the Pentagon to build one ship for the Coast Guard's Polar Icebreaker Recapitalization Project.
Senate appropriators have slashed the Pentagon's budget request for the Conventional Prompt Global Strike program, creating a potential conference issue with the House.
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to move the developmental test and evaluation shop under the purview of the director of operational test and evaluation, according to its fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill.
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to continue having the chief of U.S. Cyber Command also serve as director of the National Security Agency, and seeks to prohibit that relationship from being severed until the Pentagon certifies that doing so would pose no risk to national security.
The Senate Armed Services Committee is seeking to re-energize efforts to develop advanced airlift airship technology and is calling for the defense secretary to establish a strategy for future efforts.