Thomas Moore Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, chief of the Naval Sea Systems Command, has said the U.S. Navy needs to hire at least 2,000 additional civilian employees to help address the maintenance backlog...
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Heather Wilson Heather Wilson, the White House’s nominee for the U.S. Air Force secretary post, has said she plans to prioritize efforts to raise awareness of threats to space assets once...
Read moreDetailsJohn Dougherty Capt. John Dougherty, formerly class desk officer for the U.S. Navy's unmanned carrier aviation program office, has taken a new role as manager of the service branch's precision strike...
Read moreDetailsJohn Hyten Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said the federal government should boost spending on efforts to modernize the country's nuclear arsenal by 2.5 percent...
Read moreDetailsPresident Donald Trump has said he will take unilateral action to restrain North Korea's nuclear weapons program if China does not cooperate with the U.S. to address the problem, CNN reported Monday....
Read moreDetailsThe Government Accountability Office has found that the number of weapon programs under the Defense Department’s portfolio of defense acquisitions rose from 78 in 2014 to 79 in 2015. GAO said in a report...
Read moreDetailsNASA and its Japanese counterpart JAXA will collaborate on the development of an orbiting X-ray astronomy telescope in an effort to replace an astronomy spacecraft that malfunctioned in orbit last year, Space...
Read moreDetailsThe House of Representatives will deploy a new software application that will work to secure the mobile devices of lawmakers and their staff through a contract with cybersecurity company Lookout,...
Read moreDetailsFive Defense Department officials have asked Senate lawmakers to pass a budget to help mitigate the impact of sequestration budget cuts and lack of stable funds on DoD’s industrial infrastructure and...
Read moreDetailsGen. Darren McDew, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, has told House lawmakers that he believes a cybersecurity gap between military and commercial networks can pose a threat to national security, Federal...
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