Senate confirms three Defense Department nominees
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter praised the Senate for confirming three nominees last week. Read More »
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter praised the Senate for confirming three nominees last week. Read More »
$7.7 million project will provide electricity to homes, buildings and test areas at remote Utah facility Read More »
Senate confirms former director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program as Chief of Naval Operations Read More »
Homeland Security Secretary shuffles leadership in an effort to beef up nation's cybersecurity. Read More »
The president of the Special Operations Education Fund (OPSEC) is calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to pull all security clearances for Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and three of her aides. Read More »
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest released a statement on Monday regarding the 2016 nuclear summit: "Two years ago, in Berlin, the president formally announced his plan to host a fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit in 2016," Earnest said. Read More »
Mobile phone maker BlackBerry Corp. has become the latest business to join the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), which focuses on helping all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online. Read More »
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) returned recently from a trip to the Czech Republic, where she met with Czech parliamentarians and participated in panel discussions on current defense collaborations and cybersecurity and privacy among the U.S., European Union and the Czech Republic. Read More »
For the first time, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently handed out a post-doctoral award to support research in nuclear forensics as part of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’s (DNDO) National Nuclear Forensics Expertise Development Program. Read More »
A deal is near between the United States and Turkey in an air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Syria. Read More »
Lt. Gen. David Mann, commanding general for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, recently assured those attending the 18th annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium that the military is ensuring space and missile defense for the war fighter. Read More »
At his last news conference as Army chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno spoke candidly at a Pentagon news conference this week about the security of the nation. Read More »
STG Inc. announced last week that it has been awarded three new contracts in the intelligence community.The company’s mission is to provide long-term solutions based on intelligence analysis, advance collection and exploitation, and data fusion. Read More »
Executivebiz.com reported Friday that HRL Laboratories, Northrop Grumman and United Technologies Research Center will share nearly $5 million from the Department of Homeland Security to research and develop a secure authentication tool for mobile devices. Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security and the state of California hosted a demonstration that featured the ECaTS dashboard solution. The goal was to demonstrate how real-time public safety analytics can be used cooperatively between federal and state agencies. Read More »
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, said the U.S. is facing a near-peer threat that is unsettling to many in the armed services. Following meetings with the Danish Chief of Defense, Dempsey spoke at the Danish Army Academy. Read More »
Soldiers with the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade participated in a training class in South Korea last week that included the use of remote terminals. More than 300 soldiers took part in the Missile Defense Agency-generated simulation from Aug. 9-14. Read More »
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley intends to make sure his soldiers are ready for ground wars. "There are many who think wars only can be won from great distances -- from space, the air, the sea. Unfortunately, those views are very, very wrong," Milley said. Read More »
The deadline for Army soldiers interested in becoming a part of the cyber branch is quickly approaching. Read More »
CB&I officials announced Wednesday it awarded a $60 million contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Rapid Disaster Infrastructure Response Program. Read More »