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				BudgetHASC Member Cooper Says FY ’20 Defense Topline Likely to be $733 Billion
As lawmakers mull the Department of Defense’s recently released $750 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2020, the leader of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Strategic Forces subcommittee believes […]
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				CyberDoD Working Normalize Cyber Security Support For Homeland, Rapuano Says
The Defense Department continues to work through its policies and procedures for providing cyber security support to domestic agencies and entities in response to congressional and executive direction, a senior […]
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				PentagonSecond Defense Audit Underway With Focus On Inventory, IT, Property, DoD Finance Chief Says
Building off its first-ever audit, the Defense Department is already into its second examination of its accounts with a focus on “inventory, information technology, and real property,” David Norquist, the […]
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				SpaceNew Space Development Agency to Focus on Space-Based Sensor Layer
The Pentagon officially established the Space Development Agency March 12 under the direction of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and will first focus on developing the architecture […]
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				BudgetPentagon Investing Billions in Space Systems in FY ’20 Budget Request
The Defense Department is requesting nearly $12 billion in its fiscal year 2020 presidential budget request for space-based systems, over half of which would fund new and existing satellite programs. […]
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				CongressLawmakers, Analysts Critique Trump’s Proposed FY ’20 Defense Budget
Democratic lawmakers criticized the White House’s initial fiscal year 2020 defense budget request when it was unveiled March 11, with funding for President Trump’s border wall and a sharp increase […]
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				BudgetFY ’20 Budget Summary Includes $750 Billion Topline, Funding for New Ships, Fighter Aircraft
The fiscal year 2020 (FY ’20) budget summary released March 11 provides the first look at President Trump’s priorities for defense programs, but revealed few surprises ahead of a more […]
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				Air ForceLockheed 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 ForceFuture 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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				PentagonIG 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 […]