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Navy Adm. William “Bill” Gortney, head of U.S. Northern and North American Aerospace Defense commands, has identified what he views both organizations’ major homeland defense challenges in testimony to House lawmakers Thursday. Gortney told

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated $14 million in costs between fiscal years 2016 and 2021 for the government to implement a proposed bill in the House that aims to accelerate transfer of

The U.S. Army Cyber Command and Second Army will launch two programs in an effort to develop countermeasures against cyber adversaries. For the first program, Arcyber will begin the Silicon Valley Innovation Pilot program that teams

Bob Sadowski, chief roboticist at U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center, has told an unmanned technology conference that robotic systems could serve as an initial line of defense against adversaries during

Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said the U.S. military needs to apply the Defense Department’s Third Offset Strategy toward efforts to counter threats posed by Russia, China

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-led team of scientists has been selected as the winner of the first Defense Department Diplomacy, Development, and Defense Innovation Summit Pitch Challenge. The NRL said Friday that the team included members from the State

John McNellis, formerly corporate senior vice president at L-3 Communications, has been named deputy assistant secretary for space, strategic and intelligence systems at Defense Department. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced McNellis’ appointment to the