The Department of Defense is planning to send between 3,000 to 5,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, reports CBS News. An announcement on the exact number from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected in the next few days or weeks. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has said that he cannot counter an increasingly violent, resurgent...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=supUTFCKfOI As the Defense Department observes Flag Day June 14 and Flag Week June 11-17, we’re reminded that the raising of Old Glory has punctuated many important milestones in U.S. history.For more on the Department of Defense, visit: http://www.defense.gov...
The Honorable Frank Kendall has rejoined aerospace and defense advisory firm Renaissance Strategic Advisors as an executive in residence. œWe are excited to have Frank rejoin the RSAdvisors team after such a distinguished term in government service. His keen analytical mindset, depth of expertise and intellect will be a great and welcome additi...
China is expanding its access to foreign ports so as to sustain deployments in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, according to a U.S. Department of Defense report. China is seeking “to regularize and sustain deployments in the ‘far seas\'” and “project and sustain military power at greater distances,&#...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 6, 2017 ” A Concurrent Technologies Corp. joint venture with the University of Dayton Research Institute will install, monitor and record energy management measures at U.S. Air Force installations under a $2.4 million task order, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday E2 Technologies&...
The Department of Defense has made œa huge leap forward in unmanned systems in five years, said Dyke Weatherington, currently performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD) (AT&L.) Speaking at the Potomac Officers Club Tu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 5, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has finalized the panel of speakers for the Unmanned Systems Forum. As the use of military UAVs and commercial drones become more ubiquitous, innovative new uses of the technology have emerged. The military capabilities enabled by UAVs,...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 31, 2017 “ The Potomac Officers Club ” a division of Executive Mosaic ” has added Jean-Charles Ledé to the list of panelists for the Unmanned Systems Forum. As the use of military UAVs and commercial drones become more ubiquitous, innovative new uses of the technology have emerged. Th...
The Trump administration’s 2018 budget calls for $640 billion in military spending, $52 billion over current year spending and breaking the current budget caps. Nevertheless, the Pentagon claims it has found “efficiency” savings of $1.2 billion in savings for fiscal year 2018, reports Federal News Radio, and that this will res...
Rear Adm. Brian Luther, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for budget, briefed media during a Department of Defense press conference about the FY18 budget request for the Navy and Marine Corps, May 23. (Dept. of Defense video/Released)...
