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Can the tech to defend military bases from drones keep up with the evolving threat?

"What we are seeing now is more of a machine to machine capability that really transcends the human's ability to act quickly enough," Bill Ostrowski.

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In this Jan. 27, 2021, handout image released by the U.S. Air Force, a soldier with the U.S. Air Force's 378th Air Expeditionary Wing trains members of the Royal Saudi Air Force Police Wing how to use equipment to counter drone attacks at at Prince Sultan Air Base near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, targeted Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom's state television reported, an attack that threatens to escalate Yemen's grinding war. Authorities initially suspected the attack was carried out by a drone. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Leala Marquez, via AP)

Army names an acting secretary following Driscoll’s resignation

Telle replaces Dan Driscoll, who resigned this week amid clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Daniel Driscoll, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the Department of Defense's Secretary of the Army, testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pentagon plans fleet of portable SCIFs

The initiative may allow more nontraditional contractors to contribute to national security, collaborate with government teams and compete for classified work.

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FILE - A microphone stands at the entrance to the House SCIF, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, located three levels beneath the Capitol where witnesses and lawmakers hold closed interviews in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019. When members of Congress want to peruse classified materials, they descend deep into the basement of the Capitol to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Army tests AI to speed up solicitation writing

The tool could help the Army issue solicitations for massive services contracts in days rather than months.

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This Navy nurse is on a mission to improve kids’ trauma care across military medicine

"You want to make sure that you give that child every possibility of recovery. And that's part of deployment medicine," Cmdr. Emily Latimer said.

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In this Sept. 7, 2016, photo, Dr. David Klein, chief of adolescent medicine at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital and an Air Force Major, listens to the heartbeat of Jenn Brewer, 13, at her monthly doctors appointment visit for monitoring of her treatment at the Pediatric Clinic at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir, Va. Brewer is transitioning from male to female. Starting Oct. 3, the military’s health insurance will cover transgender-related services that include hormone therapy and supportive counseling. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Three initiatives causing industry new concerns about DoD acquisition reforms

The Pentagon wants more cost and pricing data transparency and to establish contract profit margins from vendors who provide commercial products and services.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

How complex conflicts of interest plague military housing

"It's a mangled system when you have a tenants' bill of rights for service members where the housing companies participate in the drafting," RenΓ© Kladzyk said.

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, housing for service members is pictured at Mountain Home Air Force Base, April 28, 2022. Amid record-breaking spikes in rent, service members and housing activists say the Department of Defense has not adequately increased housing allowances, thereby neglecting its commitment to military families. (1st Lt. Daniel Barnhorst/U.S. Air Force via AP)
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