Pentagon
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CongressSASC Markup Increases Funds To Build Up U.S. Rare Earth Supply To Counter China
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) markup of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes more funds for the Defense Department to develop the ability to produce […]
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BudgetSASC Approves $750 Billion FY ’20 Defense Budget with Uncertain Path to Success
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved its mark of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) May 22 with a budget topline of $750 billion. But the […]
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CongressHASC Leaders Criticize New DoD Memo Restricting Congressional Access
The top members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) criticized a new Defense Department memo that could limit congressional requests for operational information as limiting lawmakers’ oversight. HASC Chairman […]
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CongressHouse Appropriators Vote to Send FY ’20 Defense Bill Out of Committee
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) voted along party lines May 21 to pass the fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill out of committee and onto the House floor. The bill, […]
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SpaceGAO Urges Independent Study to Prevent Further Delays of Air Force’s GPS OCX Program
The Defense Department should conduct an independent schedule assessment of the Air Force’s ongoing upgrades to the GPS ground control system or risk the program running so far behind that […]
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CyberHouse Appropriators Seek To Block Funds For DoD’s JEDI Cloud Program
House appropriators are seeking to block funding for the Pentagon’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud project until the department details a plan for eventually transitioning the program […]
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InternationalLockheed, Rafael Partner to Offer SPICE Guidance Kit to U.S. Buyers
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems signed a teaming agreement Thursday to jointly develop, market, manufacture and support Rafael’s Smart, Precise Impact and Cost-Effective (SPICE) guidance kits […]
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Business/FinancialThornberry to Introduce Two Bills Related to Acquisition Reform in FY ’20 NDAA Markup
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) ranking member plans to introduce two bills that would compel the Pentagon to implement acquisition reforms that Congress has passed into law, and create […]
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Congress
Warren, Speier to Introduce Bill to More Strictly Limit Ex-DoD Officials’ Revolving Door to Industry
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) announced May 16 their intent to introduce new legislation that would further restrict former government officials from lobbying the Pentagon and […]
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CongressHouse Oversight Panel Says TransDigm Earned Profits Above 1,000 Percent On Multiple Programs
Aerospace parts supplier TransDigm Group Inc. [TDG] overcharged the Pentagon more than 1,300 percent on five programs examined by the House Oversight and Reform Committee, the worst examples cited by […]