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ArmyArmy Predicts Foreign Military Sales Decrease In 2016
The Army expects to perform roughly $5 billion less than the previous year in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in 2016, which the service’s acquisition executive attributes to budget instability among […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKendall Says DIUx Chief Looking Inside DoD For Funding Sources
The head of the Defense Department’s newly formed Silicon Valley outpost is increasingly looking inside DoD for sources of funding, according to the Pentagon’s acquisition executive. Assistant Secretary of Defense […]
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SpaceAir Force, ULA Set For NROL-55 Launch
The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are set for Thursday’s launch of NROL-55 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Launch is scheduled for 8:49 a.m. EDT. The National Reconnaissance Office […]
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Air ForceAir Force Moving Forward With GPS III Launch Competition—With Or Without ULA
The Air Force will hold its first launch competition in almost 10 years, regardless of whether one of two expected bidders declines to participate. Air Force spokeswoman Alicia Garges said […]
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Air ForceYear-Long CR Threatens C-130J Multi-Year Contract Negotiations, LaPlante Says
A year-long continuing resolution (CR) threatens to end Air Force negotiations with Lockheed Martin [LMT] over a multi-year deal worth billions of dollars for more than 75 C-130J aircraft, Assistant […]
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Air ForceAir Force Wants Lockheed Martin’s Case For Proposed U-2 Replacement
The Air Force’s top intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) officer wants Lockheed Martin [LMT] to make its case for the optionally-manned U-2 replacement the company is developing. “What gap would […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch
Capitol Hill Look Ahead. The bustle of last week continues into the next, as the Senate looks to a vote on the defense authorization bill conference report. If passed by […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Completes Space Fence CDR
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has completed the critical design review (CDR) for the Air Force’s Space Fence, which the company said demonstrates the program is technically mature and that all requirements […]
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Air ForceAuthorization Bill Directs Air Force Money Toward New Rocket Engine, Not Vehicle
A provision in the conferenced fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill bans the Air Force from spending money on new launch vehicles in favor of a new rocket engine in […]
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Air ForceDoD Declines Milestone A Decision For Air Force JSTARS
The Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) on Sept. 18 did not approve a Milestone A decision for the Air Force’s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) recapitalization program, according to […]