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More Supply Chain Help. L3Harris Technologies is making more than $100 million in accelerated payments to its small suppliers in 45 states to help sustain the defense industrial base amid […]

Navy Budget Impact. The Navy’s top acquisition official said the COVID-19 pandemic has not had a major impact on the FY 2022 budget process yet, but it depends on the […]

No More Paper Hearings. SASC has already decided to postpone future “paper hearings” as DoD officials focus on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee said Thursday. In an effort to […]

Spooky Space Symposium? The annual Space Symposium has been rescheduled to be held Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, the foundation said Thursday. The conference was […]

COMSATCOM Plan. The Space Force will have additional details regarding its plan to acquire commercial satellite communications as a service this summer, Clare Grayson, the head of the service’s COMSATCOM […]

Spectrum Sharing. DoD must figure out how to share spectrum with the commercial sector if the U.S. is to be a leader in 5G network development, Griffin also said at […]

Bomber Numbers. In light of the nation’s focus on high-end threats and near-peer adversaries following release of the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS), the Air Force is taking a new […]

Counter Drone Expertise. The Coast Guard’s Maritime Force Protection unit provides counter unmanned aircraft system protection for the Navy’s nuclear submarine forces in the U.S., according to Coast Guard Commandant […]

GAO Protest. Pratt & Whitney filed a GAO protest Feb. 7 against the Air Force, which announced Jan. 28 it plans to award a sole-source IDIQ contract to GE Aviation […]

UTC News. United Technologies has appointed Kelly Ortberg, who runs the company’s Collins Aerospace unit, as a special adviser to the Office of the CEO to help support integration planning […]