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DoD Aims to Shield Warfighters From Novel Biological Agents

January 10, 2023

The Department of Defense is modernizing its approach for developing medical countermeasures to protect warfighters from novel biological agents. This ...

BAE Systems to Deliver APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets to US Navy

December 19, 2019

Following a U.S. Department of Defense announcement in September 2019, BAE Systems announced that the U.S. Navy has signed a ...

New DOD policy prohibits GPS-enabled devices in deployed settings

August 8, 2018

Deployed service members are going to have to ditch their "geolocation devices" in response to a new memo from Deputy ...

DoD releases report on enhancing security, stability in Afghanistan

July 10, 2018

The Defense Department provided to the Congress its semiannual report titled "Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan" on Tuesday. Covering ...

Senior DoD Official Discusses Future of Directed Energy Weapons

March 23, 2018

As stated in the National Defense Strategy, the United States needs to invest and accelerate the modernization of key capabilities ...

DoD Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Proposal

February 14, 2018

Today President Donald J. Trump sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request of $716 billion for national ...

Ransomware hits ‘hundreds of thousands’ of China PCs: firm

‘Terabyte of Death’ Cyberattack Against DoD Looms, DISA Director Warns

January 12, 2018

The vast, global networks of the Defense Department are under constant attack, with the sophistication of the cyber assaults increasing, ...

US DoD embracing innovation to fuel military overmatch against adversaries

May 5, 2017

Defense Department innovation leaders on Wednesday described some of the most advanced capabilities fueling U.S. military technical dominance of today ...