Pentagon
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Aiming for $25K Cost Per Flight Hour Goal for F-35 by 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. – The manufacturer of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is committed to lowering sustainment costs over the next decade, and pledged to reach a goal of $25,000 per […]
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Air Force
Future Role of Space Development Agency Still Unknown, Air Force Says
ORLANDO, Fla. – The prospect of the Space Development Agency (SDA) – one of the key pillars of President Trump’s administration’s effort to improve space acquisition at the Pentagon – […]
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Pentagon
IG Says Defense Department Overpaid TransDigm For Aircraft Parts
The Defense Logistics Agency and the Army overpaid aerospace contractor TransDigm Group Inc. [TDG] for nearly all aircraft parts in a sample of contracts over a two-year period, the Pentagon’s […]
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Cyber
STRATCOM Seeking Aid From Industry to Protect Next NC3 System From Cyber Threats
The leader of U.S. Strategic Command is seeking collaboration with industry to ensure the U.S. military’s next nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) enterprise is properly hardened against cyber attacks. […]
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Budget
Democrats Vow to Reject Trump’s Planned OCO Budget Raise
House Democrats will reject President Trump’s plan to significantly boost overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds in the fiscal year 2020 budget request, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and House […]
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Pentagon
Official: F-35 Basing Unlikely To Be Included In Milcon Funds Pulled For National Emergency
A senior Pentagon official Friday called future basing for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter a high priority unlikely to be included in cuts to the department’s military construction fund for […]
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Pentagon
Pentagon to Begin F-35 Lots 15-17 Negotiations with Lockheed Martin
The Pentagon is preparing to begin negotiations with Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the next three lots of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, according to a recent government solicitation. A notice posted […]
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Space
Florida Lawmakers Want New Space Command Based in State
Florida’s congressional delegation and governor are pushing hard for the Pentagon to base its future U.S. Space Command in the Sunshine State. A bipartisan group of House members led by […]
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Space
Trump Signs Off on Space Force Directive, But Congress Must Still Approve
President Trump has signed off on a directive that would put the Air Force in charge of the Space Force, pending congressional approval. Trump signed Space Policy Directive-4 (SPD-4) Feb. […]
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Homeland Security
Trump Declares National Emergency, Pulls $6 Billion From Pentagon For Border Wall
President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency allowing his administration to use billions of dollars towards constructing a wall along the southern border, including $6 billion in funds […]