The U.S. Navy has crafted a 30-year shipbuilding plan that indicates the military service can hit or surpass its goal of having 308 combat vessels over a 12-year period, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney
MoreThe 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
MoreJohn 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
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Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, the branch’s first-ever female to become a four-star general, has been selected to serve on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter appointed
MoreJamie Morin, director of cost assessment and program evaluation at the Defense Department, has said the programming facet of the planning, programming and budgeting process aims to bring “comprehensive deterrence” for the
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. National Guard‘s cyber squadrons could be called upon to participate in the campaign against the Islamic State militant group, Reuters reported Sunday. Andrea Shalal writes the
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Five companies presented multiple technology projects to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and other Defense Department officials during an event held at the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental facility in Silicon Valley last week, DoD
MoreDefense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department needs to innovate in order to be competitive amid the five global challenges the U.S. currently faces, DoD News reported Tuesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has announced the Defense Department‘s plan to establish an advisory board to help craft technological strategies for DoD to address organizational culture and project management issues. DoD said Wednesday the Defense Innovation
MoreThe Defense Department plans to enlist ethical hackers for a pilot cyber “bug bounty” program that aims to uncover security vulnerabilities on DoD’s public-facing websites. The Hack the Pentagon initiative will use private-sector crowdsourcing to allow participants to
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