By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month issued Boeing [BA] a new $55.7 million task order to begin constructing surveillance and communications towers along separate stretches of the United States' Southwest Border beginning this month as part of the electronic, or "virtual" fence portion of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI). The task order is for two projects, Tucson 1 and Ajo 1, which cover about 34 miles and 30 miles respectively of the U.S. border with…
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The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]
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The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]
Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]