Across-the-board cuts have forced the Defense Department to shift money out of research, development and acquisition programs to maintain existing operations, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Alan Shaffer, DoD’s acting defense undersecretary for research and engineering, detailed how sequestration is harming the areas of science and technology and engineering at …

The Pentagon is looking to existing technologies and commercial processes in order to rapidly build new military equipment such as sensors, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Jared Serbu writes Arati Prabhakar, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, told the station the Pentagon’s innovation approach aims to reduce technology …

The Defense Department must cut all of its research programs by 8 percent each for a total of $1 billion under sequestration and will include grants and contracts in the cuts. University grants will be cut by $200 million this year and the Pentagon could also eliminate all of the …

Alan Shaffer is principal deputy and assistant defense secretary for research and engineering, where he formulates, plans and reviews Defense Department programs and plans for research, development, test and evaluation. He also oversees strategy and execution, including reviewing technology maturity as part of the acquisition cycle and also serves as …

The Defense Department is exploring a strategy that would enable international partnerships in research and technology development to address concerns on capability gaps and costs, Defense News reported Monday. In a document titled “International S&T Engagement Strategy,” DoD indicates plans to establish searchable databases by leveraging big data technology and to enable partner …

James Geurts, assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy for research, development and acquisition, said during his WEST 2019 speech that artificial intelligence must be leveraged for training operations, USNI reported Thursday. “I think an area we don’t talk enough about where I think there’s also very interesting opportunities is in training, and how do we speed up our training cycles,” he noted.

Officials from the Defense Department testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel on the department’s fiscal 2016 budget request and focused on the $12.2 billion allotted for science and technology initiatives, DoD News reported Friday. Cheryl Pellerin writes Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall told the subcommittee that DoD has sought to maintain a steady investment …

The Defense Department has begun to explore new warfare technologies in an effort to retain U.S. dominance in combat, DoD News reported Tuesday. Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics, told a symposium in Crystal City, Virginia that DoD has kicked off a research and development effort patterned after a 1970s …

The Defense Department has moved to integrate electronic warfare into its joint military operations for defense components to share tactics and technologies, Defense Systems reported Wednesday. Kevin McCaney writes Christine Fox, acting deputy defense secretary, has updated DoD’s policy to incorporate electronic warfare into space and cyber operations, navigation applications, …

Top Defense Department leaders want to funds for research and development initiatives in the Pentagon’s proposed fiscal year 2015 budget amid plans within the U.S. military to realign funding for other programs, Defense News reported Saturday. Marcus Weisgerber and Zachary Fryer-Biggs write Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel consulted with Alan Shaffer, the Pentagon’s …