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Justin Doubleday was managing editor of Inside the Pentagon until June 2021, where he focused on defense-wide topics including budgets, acquisition policy, combatant commands, missile defense and cyber. He has also worked for ITP sister publications Inside the Army and Inside the Navy. Justin previously reported for The Chronicle of Higher Education. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2013.
The Defense Department is looking to forge advance pricing agreements with non-traditional defense contractors to make it easier for the firms to do more business with the Pentagon, according to the department's top pricing official.
National Guard units from around the country have mobilized in response to the flooding along the Gulf coast of Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey, with active-duty troops also prepared to respond if called upon, according to the Defense Department.
Rear Adm. Nancy Norton joined the Defense Information Systems Agency earlier this month as its vice director, DISA announced today.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is focusing more on the cybersecurity of commercial cloud offerings, as the agency works with the General Services Administration to make security standards more uniform across government, according to a DISA official.
The Pentagon's plan for breaking up its acquisition organization could eliminate several influential positions, including the director of defense pricing and the top developmental testing official, according to a new congressional analysis.
The Defense Department plans to change the goal for how much time it takes to deliver the first item under a foreign military sale, as DOD argues the current metric "does not provide a complete picture," according to a recent government audit.
Despite President Trump's decision to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command, the Pentagon will not put a time line on when the command will be separated from the National Security Agency.
President Trump ordered the elevation of U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command today, fulfilling a requirement of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.
Top officials from U.S. Cyber Command will convene with industry executives in late October to discuss the warfighting organization's initial acquisition plans, according to a recent notice.
The Defense Department has tapped Science and Engineering Services to perform maintenance and training services for the Afghan Air Force's future fleet of UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters, according to a recent award notice.
The Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office is gathering new ideas for potential funding in the areas of autonomous systems, deep learning, cyber, cross-domain kill chains and non-traditional defense technologies.
The Defense Department is developing guidance to ensure the military is properly defining the requirements of foreign arms buyers as part of an effort to make foreign military sales more timely, according to a recent government audit.
The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental has been granted new authorities and is preparing to transition several technologies to production this year, as the organization claims it is "here to stay" under the Trump administration.
The military is updating its analysis of excess base capacity, according to a Pentagon spokesman, after lawmakers panned the Defense Department's latest Base Realignment and Closure request.
The Professional Services Council opposes several provisions in the Senate Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill, including one requiring large contractors to cover the cost of their failed bid protests.
U.S. Cyber Command will use its new acquisition authority by the end of this fiscal year, and the organization plans to hold its first industry day later this fall, according to a command official.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will travel west this week to Washington and California, where he will visit the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and seek to strengthen ties with technology companies in Silicon Valley, according to a Pentagon spokesman.
The Pentagon's cost estimate to develop and acquire the collection of systems comprising ballistic missile defenses rose by more than $11 billion over the last year, with the increase driven by Israeli cooperative programs, kill vehicle development and a new hypersonic defense demonstration.
The Defense Department's business operations are far behind the private sector in embracing automation, according to a new study, which recommends the Pentagon initiate a review of automation opportunities within the department.
The Pentagon is researching concepts for an “advanced” hypervelocity projectile as part of the Strategic Capabilities Office's initiative to outfit existing artillery systems with the ability to shoot down ballistic missiles.