The Federal Aviation Administration will award a total of $771 million grants to fund the modernization of aircraft infrastructure such as runways, taxiways, aprons, terminals and aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles. FAA
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President Trump intends to nominate James Paul Gfrerer, an executive director at Ernst & Young, as assistant secretary for information and technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Gfrerer, a graduate of
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Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, has said the Defense Department started distributing to the military and contractors a list of software platforms that should not be purchased, Defense One reported
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Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock, former deputy director of plans, policies, and operations at the U.S. Marine Corps‘ headquarters, has taken a new role as the service branch’s chief information officer, FCW reported Friday. She
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The House and the Senate have backed a proposal to upgrade Boeing’s Harpoon anti-ship missile to a Block II+ configuration for approximately $26.8 million, according to a conference report on the fiscal
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The fiscal 2019 defense authorization bill that came out of a House-Senate conference committee includes language to establish a commission that would create a national cyber doctrine, Defense Systems reported Friday. The Cyberspace Solarium
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The National Security Agency will hand over to the Defense Information Systems Agency a cybersecurity program that helps protect Defense Department networks against malware and zero-day threats, Fifth Domain reported Saturday. Natalie Pittore, an
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NASA has awarded five minority-serving colleges a total of $1.4 million to develop their STEM courses under the MUREP Innovations in Space Technology Curriculum program. The grant, awarded in partnership with the
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Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment at the Defense Department and a 2018 Wash100 awardee, has said that her office will train DoD procurement managers on how to buy commercial technology
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has established a new organizational structure and implemented new processes as part of a transformation effort unveiled in March. “Our comprehensive approach to transformation covered many
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