James Mattis: DoD Moves Ahead With Plans for New Space Command
Defense Secretary James Mattis has said the Defense Department has initiated steps to establish a space-focused military command as part...
Navy Eyes Large Surface Combatant Procurement in 2023; Rear Adm. Ron Boxall Quoted
The U.S. Navy plans to purchase its first Future Surface Combatant ship in 2023 in support of its Arleigh Burke...
House Panel Asks DHS, Mitre to Perform Biennial Reviews of Cyber Vulnerability ID Program
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has called on the Department of Homeland Security and Mitre to conduct biennial reviews...
Report: James Mattis Asks White House to Develop National AI Strategy
Defense Secretary James Mattis has called on President Donald Trump to come up with a national artificial intelligence strategy in...
Report: Senate’s FY 2019 Minibus Measure to Appropriate $60M for Health IT Interoperability Efforts
A package of fiscal 2019 appropriations bills passed by the Senate would earmark $60.3M in funds to support the Office...
DHS’ Eric Cho: Oral Presentations Could Help Agencies Facilitate Vendor Selection Under EIS Contract
The Department of Homeland Security’s procurement innovation lab has a list of nine contracting methods that federal agencies can use...
Julie Kramer White: NASA Leverages Apollo Program to Build Orion Capsule
Julie Kramer White, deputy director of engineering at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, has discussed how her team helped develop the...
Army Opens Futures Command HQ in Austin, Texas; Ryan McCarthy Quoted
The U.S. Army has opened in Austin, Texas, the headquarters of the service’s new Futures Command that seeks to accelerate...
Reports: Senate OKs Fiscal 2019 Appropriations Package With $675B for Pentagon
The Senate on Thursday voted 85-7 to approve a package of bills that would appropriate $854B in funds for fiscal...
Michael Scott: DLA Uses Machine Learning-Based Tool to Safeguard DoD Supply Chain
The Defense Logistics Agency has started using a business decision analytics platform that works to help contracting officers protect the...