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BudgetDoD Weapon Systems Get Big Funding Boost In Omnibus Bill
The newly completed fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 1625) contains $233.5 billion for the Department of Defense to develop and buy weapon systems, an increase of more than […]
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BudgetDoD Weapon Systems Get Big Funding Boost In Omnibus Bill
The newly completed fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 1625) contains $233.5 billion for the Department of Defense to develop and buy weapon systems, an increase of more than […]
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SpaceHouse Lawmakers Urge Senate Vote On NASA Administrator Nominee
More than 60 House members have signed a letter to Senate leaders urging them to schedule a vote on the nomination of Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) to be NASA administrator. […]
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PentagonDoD Research Head Eyes More Focus On Non-Laser Directed Energy Weapons
The Department of Defense’s directed energy efforts are too concentrated on laser weapons and should pay more attention to other approaches, such as high-power microwaves and neutral particle beam systems, […]
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CongressDoD Laying Groundwork For Faster Action In Space, General Says
The Department of Defense is trying to speed up the fielding of new space capabilities, but it is too early to say whether that effort will bear fruit, the head […]
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SpaceDoD Taking Fresh Look At Proposed Space Corps
The Department of Defense, which opposed a congressional proposal last year to create a space corps within the Air Force Department, is taking another look at the idea, according to […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Pave Hawk Crash. A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq March 15, killing all personnel aboard, according to U.S. Central Command. While the cause of […]
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Air ForceAir Force Says KC-46A Tanker Has Two New Glitches
The U.S. Air Force says its KC-46A tanker program recently learned that two of the plane’s systems — the Centerline Drogue System (CDS) and the Remote Vision System (RVS) – […]
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Air ForceAir Force Studying If U-2 Reconnaissance Plane Could Fly Till 2100
The U.S. Air Force is exploring whether it could keep flying its U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance airplanes for the rest of the century, a service official said March 15. […]
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Air ForceSpaceX, ULA Get Air Force Contracts To Launch Up To Five Spacecraft
SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch up to five spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force under contract awards announced late March 14. SpaceX received a contract valued at […]