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PentagonHegseth Lays Out ‘Wartime Footing’ Vision For DoD Acquisition, Presses Industry To Deliver Faster
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday unveiled his vision for overhauling the Pentagon’s acquisition process to a “wartime footing,” pressing industry to deliver capabilities at “speed and volume” and to […]
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CongressSASC Presses CAPE Director Nominee To Finish Required Reforms, Avoid Biases
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Thursday pressed the nominee to lead the Pentagon’s independent cost analysis efforts to finish carrying out required reforms for the […]
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Navy/USMCAustralian Official Updates AUKUS Sub Workforce Progress
An Australian government official this week gave updated numbers on personnel and confirmed timelines for next steps in AUKUS workforce and maintenance projects. “We are on track to being ready […]
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CongressWittman: Number Of USAF Fighters Below Congressionally Mandated Inventory, But New Study Raises Hopes
While the U.S. Air Force remains below a fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act enacted floor of 1,145 Primary Aircraft Inventory (PMAI) fighters, a new 10-year fighter force structure study […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFirst Sentinel Flight Test To Be Pad Launched
Rather than an ICBM test silo, the U.S. Air Force is to use a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the first flight test of an unarmed […]
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InternationalFour Companies Pitch Team For SSN-AUKUS Combat System Development
Britain’s BAE Systems, RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon Australia, General Dynamics [GD] Mission Systems and France’s Thales on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) pitching the establishment of a unified submarine […]
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