New SecDef Undergoing ‘Education’ on JEDI After Trump Complains About Cloud Contract
DoD will still be "continuing through the technical evaluation process as part of our overall source selection," says CIO. Keep Reading
The Pentagon Is Facing a Serious Workforce Problem
The Pentagon’s cybersecurity mission is facing a classic supply and demand problem: There’s a nationwide shortage of tech talent and an oversupply of jobs. This leaves the Pentagon starved of the cybersentries needed to defend its digital networks as the nation’s top computer scientists and software engineers often choose careers in the private sector that… Keep Reading
Department of Defense Contracts for April 1, 2019
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $2,457,390,566 modification (P00015) to a previously-awarded contract for the production of THAAD interceptors. Keep Reading
Some Stateside Military Projects, NATO Defense at Risk to Fund Border Wall
Almost two-thirds of the the original, massive $12.8 billion list of candidate projects the Pentagon released Monday are off the chopping block. Keep Reading
Pentagon Security: Combating the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage
In today’s landscape, and with 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs expected by 2021, it’s nearly impossible to stay ahead of cyber attackers. Keep Reading
Mattis Stepping Down at the End of February
The Defense secretary told the president he has "the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours." Keep Reading
Mattis Approves Extension of Military’s Border Security Mission Through Jan. 31
Some of the troops currently deployed were expected be relieved on Dec. 15 when the original mission was slated to conclude, allowing them to presumably make it home for the holidays. Keep Reading
Pentagon Cyber Official Warns U.S. Companies Against ‘Hacking Back’
B. Edwin Wilson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, said “industry, private citizens should have the ability to defend themselves.” Keep Reading
Trump Announces 5 ISIS Leaders Have Been Captured
President Trump tweeted Thursday that 5 of the ‘most wanted’ ISIS leaders ‘have just been captured. Confessions from the five men, clad in jumpsuits and handcuffed were also broadcast on Iraqi television. First to be captured was Ismail al-Eithawi, described as a close aide to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and then the other men were… Keep Reading
Two Crewmen Injured by Chinese Lasers Targeting U.S. Military Aircraft
Over the last couple of weeks, in at least two and perhaps as many as 10 incidents, U.S. aircraft landing at the Djibouti base were hit by laser beams traced to Chinese outpost. Keep Reading
