The Army has selected a BAE Systems’ electronic countermeasure capability for future evaluations after a successful demonstration at a soft-kill “rodeo” last fall, with plans to evaluate the system on a Bradley fighting vehicle during a layered active protection system test this summer. BAE ...
FY ’20 OCO. SASC Chair Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told reporters Tuesday that he could support DoD requesting about $174 billion in overseas contingency operations funds in the FY ’20 budget request to ensure the budget reflects inflation increases while remaining under the 2011 BCA caps. “I think ...
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 from the Pentagon’s military construction and drug interdiction accounts. A senior White House ...
SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s top acquisition official said on Thursday he is standing up a new innovation cell that is meant to act as a connector for innovative ideas rather than generate its own ideas. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition (RDA) James ...
Between the 2016 presidential election and the 2018 congressional midterm elections, the Department of Homeland Security boosted the number of sensors it deployed to state and local election networks to help detect unwanted intrusions, the department’s senior cyber security official told a House ...
The second of two Tennessee Valley Authority civilian nuclear reactors could get the license it needs to start producing tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons this year, a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) official said on Thursday. The government-owned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) ...
The entire Virginia congressional delegation and both senators are vying for the Air Force to base its F-22 squadrons at Air Combat Command’s headquarters in Hampton Roads. The delegation issued a Feb. 14 letter to Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson pushing for the F-22 flight and maintenance ...
The Army on Thursday released the initial acquisition timeline for its Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) program that will culminate in a prototype contract award in late November. Army officials also outlined plans to hold a series of demonstration days in May to inform final prototype requirements ...
