Pentagon
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Business/FinancialCSIS Releases Report On Rocket Motor Industrial Base Challenges And Opportunities
The industrial base for solid rocket motors (SRMs) is benefiting from a growing demand signal for the missiles and munitions they power and new acquisition reforms, but challenges remain to […]
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CongressReplacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says
As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]
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Air ForceHASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]
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SpaceSpace Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) plans to request nearly $1.5 billion for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone in a future fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill. Last week, Space Force’s Space […]
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Air ForceMilitary Personnel Must Retain Targeting Decision Go Or No Go, Vance Says
Military personnel must retain oversight and the final say on targeting decisions aided by artificial intelligence, Vice President J.D. Vance said at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) graduation ceremony […]
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CongressWarren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]
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SpaceSandhoo Named SDA Director, PAE For Missile Warning And Tracking
After serving as the acting director of the Space Development Agency (SDA) since last September, Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo was named director of the agency effective May 11, SDA said on […]
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Unmanned SystemsDIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has chosen five companies as winners of the Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Prize. Northrop Grumman [NOC] was the only traditional defense company picked. The […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Awards DPA Funds To Solid Rocket Motor Component Supplier PacSci
The Defense Department last Friday evening said it awarded Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co. (PacSci EMC) $27.3 million to boost production of a key safety component for solid rocket motors […]
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PentagonPentagon Conducting Review Of Its Military Labs, Identifying ‘Barriers’ To Tech Proliferation
The Pentagon is currently conducting a review of its military laboratories to assess “barriers” that can be removed to proliferate its technology development work faster, officials said Wednesday. The review […]