Logistics, Maintenance & Engineering
Huge $35 Million Cargo Airship is Unveiled for Tests
January 30 by Mike O'BrienTests have begun on a giant blimp-style cargo airship that the Department of Defense and NASA have poured $35 million into developing. The 230ft-long Aeroscraft made its way a few feet off the gr...
Tracking the Changes: The Technologies Driving the Military Radar World
January 29 by Mike O'BrienWithin the realm of military hardware, technological advancements over the past few years in the radar industry have been unparalleled. Department of Defense expenditure on radar systems is projec...
Stranded U.S. Minesweeper to Remain Stuck for Weeks
January 25 by Mike O'BrienThe USS Guardian, a minesweeper that has been stranded on a reef off the coast of the Philippines for a week, may still be there in early February. The ship has suffered a number of breaches in th...
Budget Cuts Chaos: Layoffs Abound Amid Uncertainty
January 20 by Mike O'BrienUncertainty over where the ax will fall in the upcoming budget cuts is causing chaos within the defense industry as projects are canceled and contractors start laying off workers. Defense Secretar...
U.S. and Japan Ink New Cooperation Rules Amid Tension with China
January 17 by IDGA EditorFor the first time in 15 years, U.S. Defense officials began talks on Thursday, January 17, with their Japanese counterparts on strategic cooperation amid mounting tensions with China. The aim is...
Military suicides: Alarm as death rates hit record high
January 15 by Mike O'BrienThe Pentagon has released figures that show the suicide rate among military personnel was the highest in 2012 since records began. Last year there were 349 suicides among active-duty troops, up fr...
Maintaining a Combat Ready Force (Insights from the PA National Guard)
January 03 by IDGA EditorAudio Version: The 28th Infantry has supported the War on Terror for 11 years now. In the following interview, BG Wilbur Wolf highlights the various personnel, equipment and training requirements fo...
Maintaining a Combat Ready Force (Insights from the PA National Guard)
January 03 by Wilbur E Wolf IIIThe 28th Infantry has supported the War on Terror for 11 years now. In the following interview, BG Wilbur Wolf highlights the various personnel, equipment and training requirements for maintaining a...
The ‘Grey Haze’ of NAVSUP: Examining ERP and the Global Supply Chain
December 10 by Mark HeinrichRear Admiral Mark Heinrich, Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, USN, believes the worlds most dynamic, agile, and successful supply chain is managed by the Department of Defense. In the followi...
GAO Examines DoD's Supply Chain
November 27 by Zina MerrittGAO advises Congress and the heads of executive agencies to include DOD about ways to make government more efficient, effective, ethical, equitable and responsive. In 2011, GAO found that DOD had ta...
Federal Information Technology Market, 2012 – 2017 Do more with less
September 12 by IDGA | Institute for Defense & Government AdvancementDeltek & IDGA Webinar: Federal Information Technology Market, 2012 – 2017 Do more with less With an expected decline from $121 billion in fiscal year 2012 to $113 billion in 2017, the govern...
DoT Update: The latest initiatives for improved security of commercial motor vehicles
August 17 by Marissa AlvordThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and their state partners are performing 3.5 million interdictions of commercial motor vehicles annually. How will these regular interdictions...