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Marc Selinger
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UncategorizedDefense Watch: Hardware Fund, Autonomous Vehicles, AFCYBER
Hardware Fund. Pentagon technology chief Michael Griffin says he backs a congressional proposal to provide $150 million to encourage private-sector investment in hardware technologies that might be useful to the […]
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CongressSenate Panel, House Advance FY 2019 Defense Appropriations Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) and the full House passed their respective versions of the fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill June 28. The Senate panel approved its version by […]
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Air ForceAir Force Grounds Light-Attack Aircraft Experiment After Crash
The U.S. Air Force has suspended flying for its light-attack aircraft experiment while it investigates the recent fatal crash of one of the participating planes, the head of Air Combat […]
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Air ForceHouse Backs More Funding To Replace A-10 Wings
The U.S. House of Representatives late June 26 passed an amendment to the fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill aimed at speeding up the installation of new wings on the […]
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Air ForceHouse Backs More Funding To Replace A-10 Wings
The U.S. House of Representatives late June 26 passed an amendment to the fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill aimed at speeding up the installation of new wings on the […]
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SpaceNASA Delays Webb Telescope’s Launch To 2021
The often-delayed launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has slipped another 10 months based on the findings of an independent review board, NASA announced June 27. The launch, which was […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Back More F-35s For Navy, Marines
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (SAC-D) approved a $675-billion fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill June 26 that would fund 89 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 12 more than the […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Back More F-35s For Navy, Marines
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (SAC-D) approved a $675-billion fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill June 26 that would fund 89 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 12 more than the […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s B-21 Bomber Nears Key Design Review
The U.S. Air Force, which has been developing the B-21 Raider for almost three years, is on track to conduct a critical design review (CDR) by year’s end, a service official said […]
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Air ForceA-29 Light-Attack Plane Crashes During Air Force Experiment
An A-29 Super Tucano crashed June 22 during a training flight for the Air Force’s light-attack aircraft experiment, killing one of its aircrew members. Navy Lt. Christopher Carey Short of […]