Afghanistan’s air force has inaugurated its first two UH-60A Black Hawk Helicopters as part of the military branch’s force modernization effort. The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday Afghan President Ashraf Ghani led a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday
MoreEllen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, has said she plans to move the âbulkâ of major defense acquisition programs and personnel associated with MDAPs back to the three service branches, Defense
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President Donald Trump intends to nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, principal deputy chief of staff at the White House, as the next secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. The White House said Wednesday Nielsen is the
MoreDefense Secretary James Mattis has issued a memorandum that details the Defense Departmentâs âthree lines of effortâ that aim to maintain U.S. military superiority amid security threats posed by North Korea, Russia, China,
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U.S. House members voted 418-0 Wednesday to pass a bill that would extend Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act provisions related to the government’s data center modernization and consolidation initiatives, Nextgov reported Wednesday. The
MoreBarry West, a senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, has been named deputy chief information officer of DHS effective Oct. 15, FedScoop reported Tuesday. Interim DHS CIO Steve Rice said in an
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Glenn Dean, program manager of the U.S. Army‘s Stryker Brigade Combat Team, has said that the service branch looks to integrate the Trophy active protection system on a brigade of Abrams main
MoreVice Adm. Jan Tighe, deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, has said the U.S. Navy has begun to explore ways on how to harness collected data to accelerate the decision-making
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The U.S. military uses a commercial simulation tool in efforts to train intelligence analysts on how to sort through social media feeds and online news, Nextgov reported Tuesday. The Social Media Replication Toolkit System was
MoreMichael Griffin, former NASA administrator, has come out as the most likely candidate for the role of defense undersecretary for research and engineering, sources told Defense News. Griffin led the space agency
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