Defense Systems
DISA modernizing clearance process with continuous monitoring
By continuously vetting cleared personnel, the Defense Information Systems Agency hopes to virtually eliminate the reinvestigation process and reduce the backlog.
Science & Tech
In 2020, We’ll Have Digitized Immigration. Until Then, We Have JAG Lawyers
An effort to shrink the case backlog hobbling the immigration system is just getting started.
Science & Tech
Officials ID North Korean Nuclear Test Site To Be Destroyed
But arms control officials yawn, saying this site is not as important as it was a few years ago.
Ideas
SpaceX Just Sold the US Air Force the Cheapest Enormous Rocket It’s Ever Bought
The launch will cost $130 million, far less than the $350 million average cost of United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV.
Defense Systems
AF sees aircraft maintenance via augmented reality
To make aircraft maintenance more efficient, the Air Force Research Laboratory is considering projecting scaled visualizations of the task onto the machinery being serviced.
Defense Systems
Reorg puts DOD in charge of clearances
Under the Trump administration's reorganization plan, the Pentagon would become the central hub for security clearance authority in the federal government.
Ideas
Before You Help a Fragile State’s Military, Ask These Uncomfortable Questions
A checklist for a Pentagon that rarely looks into why so many of its partner-building efforts fail.
Defense Systems
8 win Army training services awards
The Army has award eight companies spots on a $2.4 billion contract to provide and manage training and training assistance services to the Army.
Defense Systems
ICF wins $50M AF cyber advisory order
Under this order, the company will work with Air Combat Command to take on responsibility for the branch's cyberspace core function currently run by Air Force Space Command.
Ideas
The US Is Letting Sudan Off the Hook
Lifting sanctions allows the regime to continue to sow discord in a region that the U.S. and allies are spending billions to stabilize.
Ideas
Here’s What Trump Actually Achieved With North Korea
It wasn’t what he said. But it was much more than nothing.
Business
Marines to Buy New Amphibious Combat Vehicle from BAE Systems
The armored personnel carrier will replace the four-decade-old Amphibious Assault Vehicle.
Business
Global Business Briefing with BAE Systems' President and CEO Jerry DeMuro
On June 19, 2018, DeMuro talked about running a defense company in the era of Trump.
Science & Tech
Amid NATO Infighting, the Future of the F-35 Is Shrinking
The U.S. Senate wants to revoke Turkey’s license to buy the jet, while other European governments are looking to get a competitor off the ground.
Ideas
Cut the Red Tape Slowing the Pentagon's Race to Space
If the Air Force is to harness cheap satellites and reusable rockets, it must transform a risk-averse bureaucracy built for a different era.
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