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Matthew Beinart
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SpaceU.S. Space Command To Reach Full Operational Capability In August
U.S. Space Command is set to achieve full operational capability (FOC) this month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, confirmed the […]
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InternationalNew $345 Million Weapons Aid Package For Taiwan Includes ‘Asymmetric Capabilities,’ Karlin Says
While the Pentagon has declined to detail specific systems in the new $345 million weapons aid package for Taiwan, a senior department official said Tuesday it includes “asymmetric capabilities” for […]
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InternationalAustralia To Begin Producing GMLRS Rockets By 2025
Australia will begin building Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) munitions by 2025, in a new co-production agreement with the U.S. announced on July 29. The new […]
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SpaceBiden Decides To Keep Space Command HQ In Colorado, Reversing Trump Admin Plan For Alabama
President Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command’s headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, reversing a Trump administration decision to base the command in Huntsville, Alabama. The Pentagon on Tuesday […]
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ArmyBoeing’s New $393.1 Million Apache Order Includes 16 Remanufactured AH-64Es For Kuwait
Boeing [BA] has received a $393.1 million Apache helicopter order from the U.S. Army that includes remanufacturing 16 of Kuwait’s AH-64D aircraft to the newer E-mode configuration. The deal, officially […]
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CongressSenate Passes $886 Billion FY ‘24 NDAA, As Debate Awaits With The House
The Senate on Thursday voted 86-11 to pass its $886 billion fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with negotiations now looming with the House to settle on a […]
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ArmyArmy Receives First IVAS 1.2 Prototypes, Bush ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ On Upgraded System
After receiving the first 20 prototypes of the new “1.2” upgraded version of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset from Microsoft [MSFT] this week, the Army’s top acquisition official […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Advance $831.8 Billion FY ‘24 Defense Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) on Thursday voted near unanimously to advance its $831.8 billion fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill. The bill factors in $8 billion for emergency spending […]
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ArmySNC, New Leidos-L3Harris Team Readying For Army’s ATHENA-S ISR Jet Award By End Of FY ‘23
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and a newly announced team of Leidos [LDOS] and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] have detailed their proposals for the Army’s ATHENA-S intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) jet […]
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PentagonBiden Taps State Department Counselor Chollet To Be Pentagon’s Next Policy Chief
The White House announced Tuesday that President Biden will nominate State Department Counselor Derek Chollet to be the Pentagon’s next top policy official. Chollet, if confirmed, will succeed Colin Kahl, […]