:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/XLJMZ2TTDJGDBLL3UGCML56LC4.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TQJYZPARZZBIZHTEVVR23S2NGE.jpg)
A better bridge across the ‘valley of death’
As the Pentagon’s Small Business Strategy makes clear, small companies are key to helping the U.S. ensure its technological superiority.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/XTKKR45VCBHMHNZGFGCK4VYXBM.jpg)
Commentary
The Defense Department is finally getting workforce development right
To ensure the success of budding workforce initiatives, we must avoid burdening them with well-intentioned but overreaching bureaucracy.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/P66JN47I7BBMJNIAQMJ35BWRLQ.jpg)
A new design for homeland defense is in the works at NORTHCOM
U.S. Northern Command's chief is working on a plan for homeland defense that he claims will look vastly different than today's continental defense.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/NX62EHZIUNH43IUKQG3TEF7UNI.jpg)
Defense budget bill hit with delay over debt ceiling fight
The House’s markup of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act — initially scheduled for this week — is now postponed.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/DGHKCOHRNBE4HMX33QE6XZ3REQ.jpg)
US troops arrive at border as migration curbs set to end
About 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of an expected increase of migrants.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/GP4QOPOQUJEGRB7OTV4QHMLNK4.jpg)
Pentagon strategy urges faster tech transition, more collaboration
The 11-page strategy, which the department released May 9, also emphasizes the need for more investment in lab and test infrastructure.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/WDGQ4YJUYFAAJDVILXPYFDIJPU.jpg)
Special ops turn to data, space tech to gain ‘decisive advantage’
Positions and capabilities such as data scientists and natural language processing hold promise for better battlefield awareness.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/F4SUT7OVLBBIDLQ7YMY2IC4NNM.png)
Bentivegna named Space Force’s next top enlisted leader
Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman chose Chief Master Sgt. John Bentivegna as the Space Force's top enlisted leader on May 5.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/5LEBMDTSENFYZEJVNU3XCQE5OA.jpg)
Disparities in STEM pay at Pentagon a sticking point in diversity push
Women of all races tend to also make less money than men for similar STEM work in the Pentagon.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/57BKKMPXINBLPNPBM5YZSSNLZ4.jpg)
What Gen. CQ Brown would bring as chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Two sources confirmed to Defense News that the president has chosen Gen. Brown to succeed Army Gen. Mark Milley as the nation’s top military officer.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/E3HOTN635RHWXEEI6TN66IFYOA.jpg)
Marines to deactivate historically female recruit training battalion
Until 2019, the 4th Recruit Training Battalion was the sole training unit for female Marine recruits.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/V3YWRC3N35EGJOAD5PUVPHS5UI.jpg)
Senate advances bill to enhance Latin America security cooperation
The bill’s security provisions exclude Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/2QEV7UVYIRF3TLOBYHYLHGQPI4.jpg)
US defense contractors want deeper cooperation with Taiwan
A delegation of United States defense contractors and a former senior leader of the U.S. Marine Corps are pledging deeper cooperation with Taiwan.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/FUXQIZ6J5FDTJNHEHFMGPS5VDI.jfif)
Davis-Monthan to launch new special operations wing as A-10 retires
The Air Force says it is still "working through the details" of the new organization, currently dubbed the "492nd Power Projection Wing."
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/45VJCHDNBFF3HPFATFU2MVNMRE.jpg)
What’s the real value of the US Defense Department audit?
The eventual passing grade is actually secondary to the kind of progress driven by the audit.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/JNIMQXKWC5FVTF6K3I3VJNMFUE.jpg)
Air Force staff director tapped to run service’s Indo-Pacific branch
Around 46,000 troops and civilian staff are spread across Air Force bases from Alaska to Guam.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/O7YTIBWQGZD53BAXDZD2DEAMJA.jpg)
The US military must move beyond defense-reform theater
Zealous reformers continue to over-focus on weapons buys when hardware is increasingly the commodity.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/R7RBGLRI2FAF5B4BQPH446QGD4.jpg)