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UncategorizedHouse 2019 NDAA Has Low-Yield Warhead, No Pits for Savannah River
The House of Representatives easily passed its version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Thursday, sending the Senate a strongly bipartisan bill that calls for the National […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Sticks With Current LCS Synthetic Aperture Sonar Minehunters After Review
The U.S. Navy is sticking with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) program of record after finding no alternates provide adequate performance, according to […]
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SpaceNASA Set To Launch Water-Watching Satellites
NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) say they are on track to launch a pair of Earth-observing satellites May 22 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from […]
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UncategorizedGAO Finds Ballooning Foreign Military Sales Admin Costs
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program administrative account balances have ballooned over the past decade by an order of magnitude due to insufficient […]
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UncategorizedIsrael’s Rafael Signs Agreement With Romanian Defense Industry To Support New Programs
Israeli defense company Rafael has signed a new partnership agreement on May 16 with the Romania’s Romaero to bolster recently approved defense programs for the Romanian Army. Rafael will assist […]
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UncategorizedNATO To Sign Cyber Agreements, Announce Nearly $1 Billion In New Defense Work At Berlin Conference
NATO is set to preview nearly $1 billion in new contract opportunities and sign four bilateral cyber threat information sharing agreements with international industry partners at its upcoming defense conference […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Increases Dividend Again This Year
For the second time this year, Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday said it will boost its stock dividend payment as part of its capital deployment strategy. The company announced a […]
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UncategorizedCyber Command Elevated To Unified Combatant Command, Army Cyber Gets New Leader
Nine months after the president first ordered U.S. Cyber Command elevated to a unified combatant command, the move was made official during a May 4 ceremony at Ft. Meade in […]
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UncategorizedDISA Readying Awards For New Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud, IT Engineering Contract Vehicles
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is readying several new contract programs in the coming months, including two multi-billion dollar projects for commercial cloud capabilities and streamlined information engineering services, […]
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UncategorizedOpen Systems Helping Army Get ‘Quick Wins’ For Network Modernization Capabilities
The Army’s shift to a ‘secure, but unclassified’ approach and an embrace of open systems is allowing for greater access to commercial capabilities needed for its tactical network modernization effort. […]