The U.S. Navy has assigned the name USS Arkansas to SSN 800, a Virginia-class attack submarine scheduled for construction in 2018. The Defense Department said Wednesday the submarine is the fifth naval
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Adm. Bill Gortney, former commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, has officially retired from his 39-year military service. The U.S. Navy said Tuesday a ceremony was held aboard Nimitz-class
More The National Archives and Records Administration has started its search for a new chief technology officer under the agency’s information services office. NARA said in a notice posted June 9 on USAJobs the new
More The Government Accountability Office has called on the U.S. Coast Guard to develop a 20-year modernization plan for its fleet of cutter ships and aircraft to determine assets that need to be acquired in order
More Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said U.S. military forces in Afghanistan will deliver added firepower support and advise ground and air troops of the Afghan military, DoD News reported Wednesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes President Barack
More Gen. Mark Welsh, chief of staff for the U.S. Air Force, has said the joint force needs to prioritize planning and resources as the U.S. tackles multidomain and transnational threats, DoD News reported
More U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott estimates that more than $3 billion in information technology equipment currently used across the federal government will reach the end of their product lifecycle over the next three
More The House’s fiscal year 2017 defense policy bill is likely to pass through the lower chamber after Republican lawmakers voted 240-185 to bar a debate on an amendment that would prohibit federal
More Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen has said the Pentagon will replace Common Access Cards with multifactor authentication systems such as biometric technologies, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. Shaun Waterman writes Halvorsen told an audience at
More U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel Allyn has said the military branch aims to divest its obsolete or redundant systems and modernize equipment of troops, Army Times reported Monday. Michelle Tan writes the
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