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Authorizers Delay AT&L Split For One Year

Pat Host

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

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Authorizers Delay AT&L Split For One Year

The position of under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics (AT&L) will survive intact for another fiscal year.Defense authorizers in the compromise version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill delayed until next year splitting Pentagon acquisition czar Frank Kendall’s position into two. If the bill was to be signed into law intact, AT&L would be split into two positions, effective Feb. 1, 2018: a chief technology officer called under secretary of defense focused on research and…

Unmanned Systems

In Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms

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Pentagon

Amid Questions On Weapons Stockpiles, Caine Says U.S. Has ‘Sufficient’ Munitions For Iran Operation

Pentagon leaders on Wednesday sought to quell concerns over the rate at which the U.S. is employing critical munitions in its military strike campaign against Iran, with lawmakers also pressing […]

Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS) and pressed the Pentagon’s top policy official to explain the document’s priorities. SASC […]

Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

Legislation regarding equity investments by the Defense Department in critical mineral supply chains is needed to strengthen the larger defense industrial base and demonstrate to the “free market” that the […]