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Vivienne Machi
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CongressLawmaker-Led Cyber Commission to Soon Release First Report
Lawmakers who sit on the recently formed Cyberspace Solarium Commission hope that a new report to be released early this year will provide ample guidance to prompt the U.S. government […]
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Air ForceSpace Force Footprint Grows as 14th Air Force Becomes Space Operations Command
The 14th Air Force – previously the Air Force component to U.S. Strategic Command for space operations – last month was redesignated as the Space Operations Command (SPOC) under the […]
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Air ForceContracted Services to Provide Options, Flexibility for Air Force Red Air Training
JOINT-BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – On a crisp and overcast afternoon in late October, four T-38A Talon trainers and two F-22 Raptors fighter aircraft from Air Combat Command’s 71st Fighter Training […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Awarded $2.3 Billion in Various F-35 Contracts at Year’s End
The Pentagon awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] five contracts worth a cumulative $2.3 billion at the end of 2019 for various work related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, to […]
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Air ForceHappy Birthday, Space Force: Trump Signs FY ’20 NDAA, Brings New Branch to Life
President Trump signed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 20, officially standing up the Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces under the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyACC Deputy Commander Talks 16th Air Force, Multi-Domain Warfare Officers
The Air Force recently stood up a new numbered Air Force for information warfare within Air Combat Command, consolidating the 24th and 25th Air Forces into the 16th Air Force, […]
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BudgetSenate Passes FY ’20 National Security Minibus, Funds Defense, Homeland Security Bills
The Senate passed H.R. 1158, a minibus appropriations bill providing funds to the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, among others, by a vote of 81-11 Dec. 19. Lawmakers voting […]
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Air ForceFirst MH-139A ‘Grey Wolf’ Helicopter Delivered to Air Force For Testing
The Air Force accepted the first MH-139A helicopter Dec. 19 at Duke Field, Florida, and announced the rotorcraft’s new name: the “Grey Wolf.” The aircraft is in development by Boeing […]
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Air ForceAppropriators Boost Air Force’s Next-Gen OPIR Program
The Air Force would receive an extra $75 million for a program set to build its future early warning missile detection satellites under the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill […]
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Budget
Senate to Vote Thursday on FY ’20 Approps Bills
The Senate will vote on two minibus appropriations bills to fund all 12 funding bills Dec. 19, the top Republican said Dec. 18. “Tomorrow we’ll vote on government funding bills […]
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