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Wednesday, November 6th, 2013

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Army Issues Pre-solicitation Notice for JBTDS EMD The Army has issued a pre-solicitation notice for a full and open competition for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS), to include options for low-rate initial production and full rate production. The JBTDS is envisioned to be a lightweight, low cost, man-portable and battery operable capability to detect, collect and identify biological pathogens and toxins in a tactical environment. Sol. No. W911QY13R0036. Respond by…

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the two senators from Maine last week pushed back on Navy officials for only requesting one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51) […]

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

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Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]