The Defense Department's inspector general is conducting an audit of the U.S. Army's plans to build an integrated air and missile defense system, Defense News reported Friday.

James Byrne, general counsel at the Department of Veterans Affairs and a 20-year public sector veteran, was appointed Tuesday to serve as VA's deputy secretary on an acting basis.

The U.S. Coast Guard has delivered the first Lockheed Martin HC-130J long-range surveillance jet from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., to Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, as part of the service branch’s aircraft modernization program, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.

Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander of the Naval Surface Force Pacific, has said that four reorganized littoral combat ships may be ready for deployment by 2019, Defense News reported Thursday.

President Donald Trump has signed into law a spending bill that allocates $616.9 billion for the Defense Department‘s base budget, $21.9 billion for Energy Department nuclear weapons initiatives and $69 billion for overseas contingency operations, CNBC reported Monday. The fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act will fully fund the U.S. Air Force’s B-21 bomber …

The Defense Department has asked Congress for permission to transfer $4.7 billion in funds to equip the U.S. Army with additional weapons systems and accelerate military technology development programs, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. DoD said in a reprogramming proposal it wants to redirect $363 million to procure 100 Patriot missile defense …

John Foertschbeck, a senior adviser at the Social Security Administration‘s Office of Systems Operations and Hardware Engineering, has said adopting a hybrid cloud computing infrastructure will help the agency manage its footprint on mainframe systems, FedScoop reported Friday. SSA aims to migrate information technology applications to public and private cloud …

The U.S. looks to incorporate Japanese-made semiconductors into radar systems that would help increase the Aegis missile defense system’s detection range, Nikkei Asian Review reported Friday. The report said a possible U.S.-Japan project that could begin with research, followed by preparation for a mass production of radars with components such as  …

Peter Navarro, White House trade adviser, will lead the U.S. delegation that will attend the seven-day Farnborough Airshow in the U.K., to help promote the administration’s “Buy American” program that seeks to increase exports of U.S.-made aircraft and weapon systems, Reuters reported Sunday. Industry sources said officials from the U.S. …

Kelly Garehime, associate general counsel of regulatory affairs at United Launch Alliance, has said ULA believes the Federal Aviation Administration should re-engage with the aviation rulemaking committee in developing new launch licensing regulations in order to ensure public safety during space launches. “The Streamlined Launch and Reentry Licensing ARC was conducted …