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More workers and more money does not necessarily yield better service, says the VA’s Dep. Sec. as agency seeks the “right ...
Operators in the U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division prepare for electronic warfare testing in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Courtney Albon, Defense News) For most of the firms that participated in a late June ...
Director of the Space Force’s International Affairs Directorate Deanna Ryals says the organization aims to serve as a “front door” for Space Systems Command's work with international partners and to ...
China in 2015 established its Strategic Support Force, centralizing its space, information, cyber and electronic warfare efforts.
The importance of GPS as a military tool was underscored by Kremlin media in November 2021 as troops were massing along the Ukraine border. After Russia demonstrated it could destroy a satellite in ...
The U.S. Space Force wants industry to invest in on-orbit refueling, but companies say they need standards first.
Special pay is meant to help ensure the military holds on to its top performers, has people in hard-to-fill roles and maintains much-needed expertise amid rivaling opportunities with outside companies ...
This is part one of a series exploring the differences between military cyber forces, capabilities, mission sets and needs.
Cyber Command has stood up forward-deployed planning cells within the combatant command staffs to help better coordinate offensive and defensive cyber effects.
As the Space Force looks to improve its live testing and training capabilities, the service is considering upgrading existing satellites with more robust sensors to support that mission. Through a ...
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon expects to complete the transfer of 24 decommissioned Global Hawk drones this month, advancing its plan to use the systems to support hypersonic testing as soon as 2024. The ...
The Defense Department will build its signature artificial intelligence program without Google. But can the Pentagon convince Silicon Valley it’s using AI for good?