Department of Defense

In an urgent appeal to rethink current medical marijuana policies, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), has criticized the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD) for their "misguided denial of services." The Democratic congressman's concerns stem from both...

As debates around potential post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatments continue, the use of cannabis and its derivatives has come under increased scrutiny. Despite claims of effectiveness, key stakeholders such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (DoD)...

Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump has weighed in on the government's elaborate defense spending. What Happened: The Democratic party may be the only party that believes in democracy, unions, the working class, and equality but there is one place it is guilty of, Mary Trump said in the latest episode...

Washington on Tuesday vowed to "turn over every rock" to find the potential source of leaked "secret" documents, which has sparked fears of national security. What Happened: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Pentagon would investigate the recent purported leak of classified documents...

The U.S. Department of Defense is investigating the disclosure of confidential war documents shared on social media earlier this week.  What Happened: The documents disclosing information regarding confidential plans by the U.S. and NATO to support Ukraine against Vladimir Putin's...

Blockchain firm SIMBA Chain has received a $30 million investment from the U.S. Air Force under its Strategic Technology Reachback and Analysis program (STRATFI). The investment will fund the development and deployment of blockchain applications in supply chain management, with a focus on...

The Pentagon has split a six-year $9 billion contract for cloud computing services among Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google, Oracle Corp (NYSE: ORCL), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: ...

The world’s richest man is helping a war-torn country with satellite communications. That helpfulness has led to controversy and now has a rival company backed by another billionaire speaking out. What Happened: SpaceX and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk provided Starlink...

House Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) have recently filed separate bills towards further advancing psychedelic research studies to active service members.  While it was AOC’s proposal which was finally made in order in the House Rules Committee for...

XL Fleet Corp (NYSE: XL) shares are trading higher Tuesday after the company announced it was awarded a pilot project with the U.S. Department of Defense to prototype fuel-saving technology for tactical vehicles. This technology has the potential to be applied to tens of thousands of existing...

PAE Inc (NASDAQ: PAE) has secured a $28 million Counterdrug Surveillance Systems task order from the U.S. Department of Defense on its Counternarcotics and Global Threats contract.  PAE's Infrastructure and Logistics team will maintain radar systems throughout South and...

After more than a year and a half since the so-called JEDI contract was awarded to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Pentagon officials announced that they are canceling the massive cloud-computing deal. Although the Department of Defense representatives stated technical issues as the main reasons for the...

PAE Inc (NASDAQ: PAE) has been awarded a task order valued at up to $30 million on the Contract Field Teams' Maintenance Services Contract for aviation maintenance and logistics. PAE to provide automated logistics support, maintenance, and repair of U.S. Army aircraft and...

Electronic manufacturing services provider IEC Electronics Corp (NASDAQ: IEC) has won a multi-year contract valued at over $45 million from a Tier 2 Department of Defense contractor.  The award is a follow-on order.  In 2019 IEC won the entire outsourcing of a program...

The Department of Defense canceled the $10 billion cloud contract that triggered a legal fight between Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT), CNBC reports. The DoD stated that the JEDI Cloud contract became irrelevant due to evolving...