DECEMBER 2, 2020 - The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002. However, as hundreds of members who were previously planning to retire or separate in 2020 withdrew or delayed their departures amidst COVID-19 concerns, it led to fiscal year 2021 end strength numbers that already … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2020
Navy Funds New Research in Robotics, Autonomous Systems
DECEMBER 2, 2020 - Key to the nation’s future advantage in autonomous systems, the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Consortium of Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER) approved FY21 funding for novel research in robotics and autonomous systems through its Seed Research Program. This program provides NPS faculty and researchers with funding intended to … [Read more...]
Army Gets Closer to Self-Adjusting Turbine Engines
DECEMBER 2, 2020 - A team of U.S. Army and academic researchers developed a novel design to automatically adjust aircraft rotor blade positions while already in-flight, a tactic that could improve turbine engine performance. Researchers from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, now known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory, Iowa State University and Brown … [Read more...]
Telework Accelerates DISA’s Zero-Trust Adoption
DECEMBER 2, 2020 - The incredible increase in telework within the Defense Department as a result of COVID-19-related social distancing requirements has provided U.S. adversaries more attack surface to cause harm to defense networks. This, among other factors, has increased the department's focus on zero trust architecture, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency … [Read more...]
USO Spreads Cheer to Military Serving Around the Globe
DECEMBER 2, 2020 - Our nation's military continues to answer the call of service, whether fighting the pandemic, responding to natural disasters or deployed on missions overseas. Over the holidays, the United Service Organizations (USO) brings traditions of the season to the hundreds of thousands of these service members and their families around the world. "Our service men … [Read more...]