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
U.S. Navy Adm. Michael Rogers has identified talent and motivation as two key elements in the Defense Departmentâs effort to bolster the nationâs cyber infrastructure, DoD News reported Tuesday. Rogers told a CyberMaryland 2016 session
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National Intelligence Director James Clapper has said the intelligence community believes Russia is not responsible for the internet outage that took down several websites in the U.S., DoD Buzz reported Tuesday. Clapper points to a
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Gen. Robert Abrams, chief of U.S. Army Forces Command, sees a greater need for training opportunities to help service branch personnel adopt new technologies and prepare for future multi-domain conflicts. Abrams noted soldiers at
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ISC has submitted a set of recommendations to the new federal chief information security officer on how to advance the government’s cybersecurity workforce during the upcoming presidential transition. The company delivered the recommendations to
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tested a new unmanned vessel off the coast of California with a prototype elevated sensor mast as the vesselâs first payload. DARPA said Monday the technology demonstration
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The White House’s Office of Science and Technology has introduced a new initiative intended to support the use of small satellites in the government and private sectors for many types of mission requirements. The
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has unveiled a new medical and surgical products acquisition program with the goal to simplify the procurement process at VA hospitals and clinics. VA said Thursday the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor–Next Generation program will
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The U.S. Army has begun a two-week exercise in Fort Bliss, Texas to carry out assessments on new warfighting technologies such as robotics systems and autonomous weapons. The first full Army Warfighting Assessment aims
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Jessica Gaskin, an astrophysicist in the Science Research Office of NASA‘s Marshall Space Flight Center, has been appointed to lead a team of agency researchers who aim to develop a successor platform for the Chandra X-ray
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.‘s board of directors is scheduled to conduct an open session meeting on Wednesday to discuss various public policies. FDIC said in a Federal Register notice published Monday it plans to discuss the temporary
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