The DoDβs Warfighter Performance Optimization office is focused on four levels of effort to bring together policy and strategy for all services and agencies.
βOur hope is that the vendors can then gain access to some of the classified conversations that they need to be at the table in,β Sarah Pearson said.
Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, who is retiring after two-plus years leading the Defense Logistics Agency, said the agency is operating with more precision today.
FILE - A Super Tuesday voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location, March 5, 2024, in Mount Holly, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Military officials are using medical and personnel data to uncover troops with current or past gender dysphoria as the Pentagon moves ahead with separations.
DISA's plans to migrate all combatant commands to DoDNet raise questions about whether the environment is capable of supporting their unique operational needs.
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)
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)
The initiative may allow more nontraditional contractors to contribute to national security, collaborate with government teams and compete for classified work.
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)
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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 militaryβs health insurance will cover transgender-related services that include hormone therapy and supportive counseling. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The Pentagon wants more cost and pricing data transparency and to establish contract profit margins from vendors who provide commercial products and services.
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)
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)
FILE - The Department of Defense seal is seen on the podium in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)