The Department of Defense created an office to protect U.S. interests in the Arctic and Iris Ferguson, the newly appointed deputy assistant secretary for Arctic and global resilience at DOD, described the
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Lester Lyles, a retired U.S. Air Force general, has been named chair of the newly formed Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner,
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The Department of Defense has awarded 19 grants valued at approximately $90 million combined under the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program and six grants worth about $30 million in total through the
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A bipartisan group of 17 House lawmakers wrote a letter to Lloyd Austin, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, urging DOD to provide Ukraine with advanced
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A McAleese & Associates report says the Department of Defense’s investment account outlays for fiscal year 2022, which include $147 billion in DOD procurement funds and $119 billion in research, development, test
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The Department of Defense has issued five cooperative agreement awards for academic organizations to elevate science, technology, engineering and math education at two-year institutions and community colleges. Five consortia could receive up
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The U.S. Department of Defense has tapped Verizon to install and maintain a private 5G network located in an aircraft maintenance hangar at a joint military base in Hawaii. The Tranche 2 contract
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A legislative proposal by Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Angus King, I-Maine, would authorize an independent third-party review to identify the Defense Department’s best practices for buying and modernizing military systems. Cornyn’s
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Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, have introduced a bill aimed at providing the Department of Defense with stronger buying powers to expedite replenishment of U.S. defense stockpiles following delivery
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The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine has issued a report on Ligado Networks’ plan to deploy terrestrial services and its potential impact on the Department of Defense’s GPS capabilities and
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