Pete Hegseth, secretary of the Department of Defense and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, has released a memorandum establishing policies to leverage in-house capabilities to streamline operations and foster fiscal responsibility. “While we
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The Department of the Air Force has named Jennifer Aquinas-Orozco as its acting chief information officer. DAF confirmed Orozco’s new role in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. The official will serve as acting
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The Defense Innovation Unit has launched a new challenge to identify and support the development of new technologies that address the Department of Defense’s critical needs. DIU said Wednesday U.S. startups founded
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The General Services Administration has hosted a webinar to inform over 5,500 stakeholders about an initiative to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation in line with executive orders impacting government procurement, namely EO
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The Defense Intelligence Agency’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center, through the Virginia Contracting Activity, has issued a draft request for proposals for Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing, or COMET, during July
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The Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition, or PQCC, a community of leading cybersecurity organizations such as MITRE, has published a guide for transitioning to quantum-safe cryptography. The Post-Quantum Cryptography, or PQC, Migration Roadmap empowers
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Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy wants commercial providers to infuse cutting-edge space technologies into legacy, big-budget U.S. space systems. Purdy, the Space Force’s top acquisition official, recently signed an acquisition decision memorandum, or
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that seeks to restore agency use of “gold standard science” to spur innovation and ensure that federally funded research is impactful, transparent and rigorous.
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U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief David Isom has been chosen as the next senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the appointment
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The U.S. Army has officially designated its Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA, as MV-75. The service branch said Tuesday MV is short for multimission vertical takeoff and 75 stands for
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