Defense News in Brief: CNO Hosts International Heads of Navy and Coast Guard for 24th International Seapower Symposium in Newport

Source: United States Navy

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday is hosting more than 140 delegates, including the U.S. Secretary of the Navy and international heads of navies and coast guards from more than 100 nations, at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, September 14-17, for the 24th International Seapower Symposium. 

Defense News in Brief: MQ-25 conducts first air-to-air refueling with F-35C

Source: United States Navy

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. – The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) program completed its first aerial refueling of an F-35C Lightning II aircraft by the Boeing-owned MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, as part of the Navy’s broader initiative to field unmanned systems that transform and enhance the fleet’s capability, capacity and lethality.

Defense News in Brief: Naval Safety Center to Present at 2021 ASSP Expo

Source: United States Navy

NORFOLK, Va. – The Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN) will make its inaugural appearance at the 2021 American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Expo and Conference, Sept. 14 in Austin, Texas. Representatives from NAVSAFECEN’s Shore Safety Directorate will present “The Case for Making Systems Safer,” which addresses Safety Case and modern safety theory.

Security News in Brief: United States Intervenes and Files Complaint in False Claims Act Suit Against Health Insurer for Submitting Unsupported Diagnoses to the Medicare Advantage Program

Source: United States Department of Justice News

The United States has intervened and filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York under the False Claims Act against Independent Health Association, Independent Health Corporation (Independent Health), DxID LLC (DxID) and Betsy Gaffney, former CEO of DxID.

Security News in Brief: Department of Justice Announces Department-Wide Policy on Chokeholds and ‘No-Knock’ Entries

Source: United States Department of Justice News

The Department of Justice today announced written department-wide policies explicitly prohibiting the use of “chokeholds” and  “carotid restraints” unless deadly force is authorized, and limiting the circumstances in which the department’s federal law enforcement components are authorized to use unannounced entries. The announcement follows a review with the department’s law enforcement agencies led by Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.