Budget
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Air ForceAir Force Pursuing Air Launched Cruise Missile Replacement
The Air Force is performing market research for possible offerors in the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) program, which is responsible for procuring a nuclear-capable cruise missile that will replace the […]
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BudgetProtest Outcomes On Key Navy Programs Facing Possible Delay, GAO Says
Decisions that had been expected this month on protests over two major Navy contract awards could be delayed by more than two weeks because of the government shutdown that prompted […]
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Budget
Continuing Resolution Includes Potential Funding To Maintain JPSS, GOES Launch Schedules
The continuing resolution (CR) signed yesterday by President Barack Obama to open the federal government through no later than Jan. 15 includes potential funding that may be apportioned up to […]
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Budget
CR Restricts Military Acquisition, Could Harm Industrial Base
Defense Department employees may be back at work after a 16-day government shutdown, but there’s still a backlog of inspections and purchasing-related paperwork to tackle, and the funding mechanism that […]
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Budget
Final Senate Compromise Bill Lacks Flexibility for Sequestration Implementation
The Senate compromise to reopen the federal government and lift the debt ceiling does not appear to grant any relief to government departments implementing rigid sequestration cuts, despite top Senate […]
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Air Force
DoD Must Eliminate Hurdles To Innovative COMSATCOM Business Deals, Air Force Says
The Defense Department, and, where appropriate, Congress, must eliminate hurdles that inhibit it from exercising innovative commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements that enable more efficient and responsive acquisition of […]
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Budget
Senate Wants to Include Sequester Flexibility in its Plan to Reopen Government
Senate leaders working on a compromise to open the government and raise the debt limit hope to include flexibility in implementing sequestration cuts–which military leaders have begged for months –though […]
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Budget
U.S., U.K. In Discussions With O3b Networks For Satellite Services
The United States, along with the United Kingdom, Australia and two other allied countries, has been in discussions with satellite services provider O3b Networks for access to the company’s satellite […]
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Budget
Bipartisan Policy Center: Sequester’s Impact to Industry Will Grow Worse Each Year
If sequestration is allowed to continue, the Defense Department will have troops with a good benefits package but a shortage of equipment and vehicles to support them in operations, potentially […]
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Budget
DoD Comptroller: Contractor Clause of POMA Most Challenging to Interpret
Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale told the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee that the Pay Our Military Act (POMA) language was “difficult to interpret,” particularly as it relates to allowing […]