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Dan Parsons
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LCS Test Ships. The U.S. Navy says the first four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS 1-4) will become test ships so they can focus on supporting the development and rapid deployment […]
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PentagonThird Defense Innovation Unit To Launch By Year-End
The Defense Department plans to open another tech outreach hub before the end of the year, adding a third innovation office to those established in California and Boston, according to […]
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Budget
Pentagon Chief Weapon Buyer Hoping For Three-Month CR, Followed By Appropriation Bill For Next President
The Pentagon’s chief weapon buyer is calling for Congress to enact a short-term stopgap funding measure as a stepping stone to passing a comprehensive appropriations bill. Frank Kendall, undersecretary of […]
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ArmyLt. Gen. Walsh: Marines ‘Must Have’ Active Vehicle Protection For Future Fights
Guided missiles have advanced and proliferated to such a point that the Marine Corps must deploy its vehicles with more than old fashion armor to protect them, according to Lt. […]
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ArmySwiftly Upgraded Open Architecture Systems A Must For New Army Rapid Capabilities Office
A central tenet of the Army’s new Rapid Capabilities Office is ensuring that future soldier equipment and systems can be rapidly upgraded as technologies emerge and evolve. Katrina McFarland, acting […]
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ArmyArmy Fails To Justify Need For Long-Delayed XM25 Air-Burst Weapon, DoD Watchdog Says
The Defense Department spending watchdog recommends the Army cancel the significantly delayed XM25 shoulder-fired air-burst weapon program within 30 days unless it can justify the need for the weapon and […]
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ArmyArmy Launches Rapid Capabilities Office To Speed Fielding Of Emerging Technologies
The Army has established a Rapid Capabilities Office with special authority to circumvent the traditional acquisition process to speed needed technologies to soldiers in the field. Army Secretary Eric Fanning […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps F-35Bs In 2017 Will Deploy Simultaneously To Pacific, Middle East Aboard Ships
About eight months after the Marine Corps deploys its first squadron of F-35Bs aboard an amphibious warship in the Pacific it will send another squadron aboard a ship bound for […]
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Air ForceVice Joint Chief Gen. Selva: Military Must Become ‘Educated Consumer’ Of Commercial Tech Without Scaring Away Startups
In order to remain technically relevant in an age when most innovation happens outside the government, the military must become an “educated consumer” of technologies that emerge in the commercial […]
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ArmyRaytheon In Talks To Tackle Army’s New Light Tank
MCKINNEY, Texas – Raytheon [RTN[, which makes neither vehicles nor guns, is in talks with manufacturers of both in pursuit of the Army’s new light tank. Mobile protected firepower, or […]