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June 21, 2021
DOD Budget Request Focused on Innovations for Warfighter, Hicks Says
The fiscal year 2022 budget request reflect the pacing threat from China, as well as threats from Russia, North Korea, Iran, transnational challenges and climate change, to name a few, the deputy defense secretary said.
June 17, 2021
Fiscal 2022 DOD Budget Request Looks to Future Preparedness
The fiscal 2022 president's defense request begins the shift of monies to the future with record research and development spending in cutting edge technologies, defense leaders told the Senate Appropriations Committee.
June 16, 2021
Official Details DOD Missile Defense Strategy
The Defense Department will review its missile defense policies, strategies and capabilities to ensure the U.S. has effective missile defenses, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy said.
June 15, 2021
Former DLA Troop Support commander garners Hall of Fame induction
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Army Lt. Gen. Raymond Mason's cost-saving accomplishments as former commander of the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia have earned him a place in the 2020 DLA Hall of Fame.
June 9, 2021
Official Says DOD on Track to Accelerate Delivery of Hypersonic Weapons
Hypersonics is a key element of the Defense Department's modernization activity, delivering high-speed, long-range lethal effects that can take out high-priority targets on the battlefield, a key Defense Department official said.
June 8, 2021
Hicks Provides Overview of DOD Priorities
The fiscal year 2022 defense budget request is aligned to the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy and is guided by the Defense Department's priorities, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said.
June 4, 2021
DOD Looking for Advanced Command, Control Solution
The Joint All-Domain Command and Control's strategy provides the governance and framework necessary to enable rapid integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics and other emerging technologies, the chief information officer for the Joint Staff said.
June 3, 2021
Army Reserve Soldier targets industrial base risks
DETROIT — From March 19 to April 1, Army Reservist Lt. Col. Jason Miller created and implemented a project to show the interdependencies in the industrial base for the seven major vehicle systems covered by DCMA Detroit.
June 1, 2021
Memo Outlines DOD Plans for Responsible Artificial Intelligence
From the battlefield to the back office, artificial intelligence has the potential to transform how the Defense Department does business, and ensuring that AI is developed, procured and used responsibly is a top priority for department leaders.
May 28, 2021
DOD Budget Request Boosts Research, Nuclear Modernization and Includes 2.7% Pay Raise
The fiscal year 2022 Defense Department budget request includes the largest-ever research, development, test and evaluation request — $112 billion, which is a 5.1% increase over fiscal 2021.
May 27, 2021
Austin, Milley: President's FY22 Budget Request Sufficient for Defense Mission
Defense Department leaders believe the president's expected budget is ample to accomplish things the department wants to do in the coming year.
May 14, 2021
Acquisition Reform Is Making Rapid Progress, Defense Official Says
To defend the nation, we must reform the Defense Department and work more effectively with allies and partners, a DOD official said.
May 7, 2021
Industry association leaders get 2020 Supplier Survey results, new DLA Strategic Plan details
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is upping its game in how it understands industry and leverages data to improve processes, the DLA vice director told leaders of 13 industry associations in a May 5 webinar that also focused on 2020 Supplier Survey results and demand projections.
May 5, 2021
Artificial Intelligence Systems Integration Support Innovative Technology at NSWCDD
DAHLGREN,Va. — Artificial intelligence (AI) is often thought of as a futuristic technology and depicted as a
May 3, 2021
Defense Official Says Hypersonics Are Vital to Modernization Strategy, Battlefield Dominance
Hypersonic systems are among the highest priorities in the Defense Department's modernization strategy to ensure continued U.S. battlefield dominance.
April 9, 2021
Artificial Intelligence Key to Maintaining Military, Economic Advantages, Leaders Say
Officials discussed the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence's recent report and the progress for the adoption and implementation of AI across the Defense Department.
April 5, 2021
DIA’s “MARS” Initiative Reaches Another Key Milestone
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling — The Defense Intelligence Agency announced today another breakthrough in the agency’s “MARS” effort to provide U.S. military planners, senior U.S. leaders and warfighters with strategic advantage.
April 1, 2021
Exercise Reveals Advantages Artificial Intelligence Gives in All-Domain Ops
A global information dominance exercise showed the tremendous advantages the Defense Department would realize by applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to all-domain information, Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said.
ATLANTA April 1, 2021
Atlanta provides support at Warp Speed
DCMA Atlanta’s Contracts team partnered with the agency’s Cost and Pricing Regional Command Specialty Pricing Team and the DCAA to establish contract requirements and to expedite the cost analysis.
March 25, 2021
Defense Innovation Leader Stresses Importance of U.S., China Technology Race
Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, says China has a well-integrated, systematic, long-term strategy to make sure it's doing the most to achieve its goal of being No. 1 in the world in technology.
SEATTLE March 25, 2021
Seattle sheds costs with trip to gym
Working with Naval Support Complex Smokey Point officials, DCMA Seattle’s relocation team transitioned personnel from its downtown Bellevue, Wash., office to the newly renovated space Aug. 10, 2020.
March 23, 2021
If DOD Wants AI In Its Future, It Must Start Now, Official Says
Now is the time for decision makers, commanders and policymakers within the Defense Department to get on board with fully implementing artificial intelligence, the director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center said.
March 18, 2021
Innovation aids carrier maintenance efforts: Automating heat exchanger cleaning process improves critical path work
BREMERTON, Wash. — A team of innovators at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility spearheaded
Stratford team delivers despite COVID ‘Stop Move’
STRATFORD, Conn. — Facing an approaching deadline to load the aircraft on a ship bound for Korea, the Army Utility Helicopter Program Office turned to aircrews from Defense Contract Management Agency Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, Connecticut, for help.
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