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CongressSASC To ‘Look Harder’ At Legacy System Cuts Facing Flat Budgets, Reed Says
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the panel will have to “look harder” at more legacy weapon system cuts facing likely flat budgets in the coming years, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBiden’s Secure Supply Chain Order Includes Defense Industry, Critical Minerals And Semiconductors
President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order tasking federal departments and agencies with assessing the nation’s supply chains for a number of products and sectors to find ways […]
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CongressSchumer Details Work On New Bill To Bolster Semiconductor Manufacturing To ‘Outcompete China’
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday he is working to bring a bill to the floor this spring aimed at bolstering the U.S. semiconductor manufacturing capacity and investing […]
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CongressTime For Government To Mandate Cyber Breach Notification, Tech Heads Say
In the wake of the recently disclosed breach of some federal and private sector networks likely by a Russian intelligence organization, the U.S. government needs to mandate that private sector […]
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Navy/USMCCourtney Wants More Unmanned Vessel Answers Before Full Production
The head of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee said Congress wants to see more prototyping and testing of larger unmanned vessels before they will fully fund […]
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CongressCourtney and Wittman Continue Submarine and Navy Push
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee today repeated their push for the Navy to buy three attack submarines per year and increase its share of the […]
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CongressImmigration Bill Includes Focus On Border Security Technologies
An immigration reform bill introduced in Congress last Thursday includes a focus on the use of technology to facilitate secure travel and trade at the nation’s ports of entry and […]
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CongressSASC Names Subcommittees Leaders, Including Kelly And Duckworth As New Chairs
The Senate Armed Services Committee announced its subcommittee rosters on Tuesday, to include two first-time chairs in new Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) leading the Emerging Threats and Capabilities panel and […]
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CongressDeputy DoE Nomination Lands in Senate
President Joe Biden’s nomination of David Turk to be the deputy secretary of energy was formally sent to the Senate late Thursday and referred to the Senate Energy and Natural […]
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CongressMontana’s Tester Is The Senate’s New Top Defense Appropriator
Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D), a proponent for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) nuclear modernization effort, is the new chair of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (SAC-D). Tester will […]