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Vivienne Machi
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Allows Air Force Bomber Retirement Requests, Fences Proposed Tanker Retirements
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) agrees with the Air Force’s request to retire a number of aging bomber aircraft in the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, but will […]
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Air ForceHASC STRATCOM Mark Pushes for More Commercial Space Domain Awareness Tech
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee wants to see a report on the nascent Space Development Agency (SDA)’s plans to procure commercial services, particularly for the “top priorities” of […]
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SpaceSpace Officials: FY ’22 Looking ‘Very Hard’ at Next-Generation Missile Warning Architecture
The entire Defense Department is conducting “vibrant” discussions around what will be needed to develop the U.S. military’s next-generation missile warning and missile tracking architecture, with more details expected to […]
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SpaceDoD Releases New Strategy Aiming to Maintain U.S. Space Superiority
The Pentagon released a new Defense Space Strategy June 17, laying out four lines of effort meant to maintain U.S. superiority in the space domain and counteract ever-growing threats by […]
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Air ForceLaunch Services Procurement Contracts on Track to Be Awarded This Summer
Plans for the Space Force to award two launch services contracts for its next batch of national security space missions this summer remain on track, the Space and Missile Systems […]
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Air ForceSpace Policy Official Hopeful Final Acquisition Alternatives Report Will Soon Be Sent to Congress
Congressional committees have long been waiting for a finalized version of a report on space acquisition alternatives to be submitted by the Department of the Air Force, and a senior […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriator Lee Introduces Bill to Cut Pentagon Funding By $350 Billion
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and co-chair of the Policy and Steering Committee, introduced a bill June 15 that would cut the “bloated” annual […]
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CongressSenators Embrace Pivot to Pacific Theater in FY ’21 NDAA Markup
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) included plans to stand up a new Pacific Deterrence Initiatives worth nearly $6 billion in its fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, demonstrating the […]
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CongressSpace Acquisition Reform Not Included in SASC NDAA Markup
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the Fiscal Year 2021 defense authorization bill included a number of directives related to the military space portfolio. However, it lacks expected provisions […]
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COVID-19Pentagon Reopening Next Week Under ‘Phase 1’ COVID-19 Precautions
The Pentagon will slowly reopen its facilities to more personnel under new precautions to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic starting June 15, the department said June 11. Following analysis of […]
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