Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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BudgetObama Vetoes NDAA as House Schedules Nov. 5 Override Vote
President Barack Obama on Oct. 22 fulfilled his promise to veto the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, signing the veto document Thursday afternoon as the press snapped photos. Obama’s opposition […]
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Homeland SecurityLockheed Martin Nabs $784M Long Range Discrimination Radar Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday won a $784 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to develop and produce a Long Range Discrimination Radar, a ground-based system designed to differentiate […]
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Air ForceCanada Leaving F-35 Program Would Drive Costs Up $1 Million Per Plane
If Canada pulls out of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, customers of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] jet can expect to pay about $1 million more per F-35A, the F-35 […]
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InternationalU.S., Partner Nations Cooperatively Intercept Missiles During Exercise
During an Oct. 20 at-sea demonstration, Aegis combat system-equipped U.S. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers worked with Norwegian and Spanish frigates to intercept a ballistic missile and cruise missile fired simultaneously at […]
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BudgetCongress Moves NDAA to President’s Desk Despite Veto Threat
Congressional leaders on Oct. 20 signed the fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act and sent it President Barack Obama, who has 10 days to veto the bill as he […]
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CongressSaudi Arabia Recives Go Ahead to Buy Lockheed Martin’s Littoral Combat Ship
Saudi Arabia is poised to become first foreign buyer of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship after receiving State Department approval for a four-ship order. The Defense Security Cooperation […]
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BudgetCongressional Defense Committees to Review Goldwater-Nichols Act
In the coming weeks, the House and Senate armed services committees will take on the Goldwater-Nichols Act in a series of hearings meant to help Congress gauge whether any changes […]
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CyberNavy Extends Deadline for NGEN Recompete RFI
The Navy has pushed back the deadline to submit responses to a request for information (RFI) for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract recompete. The original Oct. 19 deadline […]
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PentagonStudy Finds More Pentagon Guidance Needed on Performance Based Logistics
Using performance-based logistics could help the military save money throughout a product’s lifecycle, but there are institutional barriers keeping the Defense Department from more widely using that sustainment model, analysts […]
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ArmyConstruction of Bell’s V-280 On Track For Flight Demo in 2017
Bell Helicopter [TXT] is working furiously to build its V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft in time for the Army’s joint multirole program (JMR) flight demonstrations in September 2017, a company official […]