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Army vet supports her Navy sister in tough hospital journey
When Navy fire controlman aegis Kayla Saska needed support during a hospital stay, her Army veteran sister Patricia Rowledge rushed to Bethesda, Maryland.
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Army Software Factory experiments with a new culture to unleash coders in its ranks
The U.S. Army doesn’t care about rank at its new software factory. The service just needs skilled coders.
By Andrew Eversden
House Armed Services chair ‘deeply concerned’ by White House budget delays
The Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee blasted the White House for “dragging their feet” on the federal budget, urging its release by May 10 to avoid a continuing resolution.
By Joe Gould
JAIC director: With flat budgets, turn to AI to save money
Artificial intelligence with business systems will improve cost savings that can be reinvested elsewhere.
By Andrew Eversden
Biden requests $715B for Pentagon, hinting at administration’s future priorities
U.S. President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2022 budget request asks for $753 billion in national security funding, an increase of 1.6 percent that includes $715 billion for the Defense Department.
After COVID, are billions in biodefense funds needed to deter US adversaries?
"The fear that another country will see this an Achilles heel for the United States is really, really significant, and showing we are leveraging really cutting edge technologies is absolutely imperative to try as part of our deterrent strategy."
By Aaron Mehta
Biden’s defense budget will meet ‘traffic jam’ in Congress
President Joe Biden will launch the annual budget and appropriations process Friday when he sends Congress his discretionary spending top line requests for fiscal 2022 ― but Pentagon spending, policy and nominations will be jostling for attention in a busy Congress.
By Joe Gould
Space Force unveils plans for Space Systems Command
Space Systems Command will be in charge of developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining new capabilities for the U.S. Space Force.
By Nathan Strout
The Pentagon must act now to address vulnerability in its enterprise
The Defense Department’s spare parts ecosystem provides an illuminating example of fragility and how targeted actions can mitigate risk.
By Tara Murphy Dougherty and Billy Fabian
Defense Intelligence Agency continues progress on MARS database
The Machine-Assisted Analytic Rapid-Repository System (MARS) is being designed to ingest the massive amount of data collected by the intelligence community
By Nathan Strout