Pentagon

Earlier this year, the Pentagon's Director of Operations Test and Evaluation Michael Gilmore said that his testing revealed that nearly all of the Pentagon's weapons systems were vulnerable to a cybersecurity attack. The warning came as President Barack Obama stepped up his efforts to...

Every year the US government holds a cyber war game exercise called "Cyber Guard" in order to ensure the nation is prepared for the threats that could lie ahead. However, this year the training exercise has been ramped up as government officials become more and more concerned about the growing...

The Pentagon is making good on its promises to invest further in developing technology by opening its first office in the startup capital of the world, Silicon Valley. Recent concerns that other nations like China are beginning to surpass the U.S. in terms of technological capabilities has...

On April 9, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter outlined a new set of rules that will govern the Pentagon's investment in technology. The policy, dubbed Better Buying Power 3.0 (BBP3) focuses on keeping the U.S. current when it comes to the latest in defense technology, while still taking a...

Republicans in the GOP will be tasked with choosing between two of their policy aims in the coming weeks— reducing government spending and defense support. President Obama’s 2016 budget proposal, up for review in congress next week, is set to exceed the spending caps agreed to in...

The Department of Defense announced seven separate defense contracts Thursday, worth either $293.1 million in total, or much, much more -- depending on how one looks at it. Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) took home two of the contracts on offer, including: A $51.2 million cost, plus an award-fee...

The Department of Defense awarded nine new defense contracts Tuesday, worth $116.5 million in total. The largest of these contracts went to privately-held defense contractor General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, which was awarded a sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract worth $43.3 million to...

The anger and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, unleashed by the shooting death of an unarmed African-American teenager by a local police officer, has yet to abate. That unrest has drawn attention to local law enforcement's acquisition of military hardware, because of what is being seen as a...

It's a story about not just old versus new industries, but also about new technologies creating new opportunities. In a recent interview with the Federal Times, Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), acknowledged her company was contending with new and...

The Pentagon announced Friday that it had launched an airstrike against Islamic militants (originally operating as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but recently renamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) in northern Iraq. This came just hours after President Barack Obama said the...

Shares of drone-maker AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) soared Wednesday, seeing a 13 percent bump for the day. But the question, according to Zacks, was whether the positive news would last. This was especially relevant given considering AeroVironment -- a company that has been so heavily involved...

If you think the biggest retail hack in U.S. history happened because Target (NYSE: TGT) didn’t have a strong enough security system, you are wrong. Target’s security system, provided by computer security firm, FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE), worked just fine, according to a recent report by Bloomberg...

On Wednesday, AppleInsider reported that the Pentagon is close to granting security clearance to Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones. According to the report, iOS 6 devices will be supported as well as iOS 5 on a limited basis but subject to hardware modifications....