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CBP Explores Coastal Intercept Vessels. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information for Coast Interceptor Vessels (CIV) for maritime law enforcement purposes. The vessels would operate […]

New NATO Leader. The new Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council will be Jens Stoltenberg, appointed Friday to succeed Denmark’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Stoltenberg. Currently […]

Stable Funding Needed. Outgoing Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp says that overall the Coast Guard’s acquisition house is in strong shape with just one key ingredient that needs constant […]

  QHSR Due Soon. The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) will be released soon, possibly within a week, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson tells a House panel on Thursday. Despite […]

T-X RFP. The Air Force expects to release a request for proposals (RFP) for the T-X trainer program between July and September 2016, according to an Air Force spokeswoman. T-X, […]

Please, Few Changes. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff James Winnefeld says he expects changes to the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2015 budget request, but he hopes […]

KC-46A ‘Pegasus.’ The Air Force names the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker Pegasus, prime contractor Boeing says in a Feb. 20 Twitter post. Pegasus is a winged horse from Greek mythology. […]

ABIS RFP Out For Now. The Army says that it has no plans in the “immediate term” to issue a Request for Proposals later this fiscal year for another upgrade […]

DEFENSE WATCH The Latest on News and Trends in Aerospace and Defense     STRATCOM SSA. U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) signs a new space situational awareness (SSA) data sharing agreement […]

Union Bonus. As part of its new long-term contract with its machinists workers, Boeing will be paying each worker a $10,000 upfront bonus, which amounts to about $300 million, according […]