President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
Pentagon Chief Information Officer Teri Takai will give an update this week on a report detailing how the military intends to work with the commercial satellite industry to address the armed forces’
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The Defense Department is seeking $2.45 billion in fiscal year 2015 funds for unmanned aerial vehicle acquisition and research, 15.8 percent greater than the fiscal 2014 UAV budget, Military & Aerospace Electronics
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The National Institute for Standards and Technology has proposed a new set of policies to authenticate mobile devices, FCW reported Friday. Frank Konkel writes the NIST is seeking public comment through April
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NASAÂ plans to award up to $87 million aerospace technology contracts to small businesses following the agency’s selection of 108 research and technology proposals. The agency picked 98 general element proposals worth approximately
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The Defense Department has proposed $6 billion in fiscal year 2015 funding for command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence systems, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes the Pentagon plans
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The Department of Homeland Security plans to release managed security services for states and local governments in a move to help facilitate threat information sharing. Phyllis Schneck, DHS deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity for
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The House has passed a bill that will require federal agencies to conserve energy usage for data center operations, FCW reported Thursday. Adam Mazmanian writes legislators voted 375-36 on Wednesday approving a
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The White House has invited technologists to work on crowdsourcing, veteran digital services and open data projects through an innovation fellows program, Nextgov reported Thursday. Joseph Marks writes the Office of Science
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The Senate has confirmed Michael Hammer on Thursday as U.S. ambassador to Chile with a unanimous vote, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Colby Itkowitz and Al Kamen write that Hammer, a career
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The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $34 million grant to help the Naval Medical Logistics Command perform clinical research for treating sepsis.
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