Pentagon
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BudgetLawmakers Agree To Space Revamp Without Space Corps
House and Senate negotiators have crafted a final version of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill that overhauls military space management but stops short of accepting a controversial House proposal […]
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InternationalLockheed Resumes F-35 Deliveries After One-Month Suspension
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has resumed delivering F-35 Lightning IIs to its U.S. and foreign customers after a production quality problem halted those transfers for a month. The problem surfaced when […]
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PentagonChina Plans To Dominate Artificial Intelligence By 2030, Alphabet Chief Says
Without serious investment in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, China will catch up with the U.S. in that sector in three years and by 2030 will dominate the global market for […]
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PentagonAs Taliban Gains Ground In Afghanistan, Military Classifies More Info About Longest U.S. War
The Pentagon is shrouding more and more information on Afghanistan from public view as the Taliban makes historic gains in the 16-year-old war, according to the watchdog overseeing U.S. reconstruction […]
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PentagonFormer NASA Chief Tapped As Number-Two Pentagon Weapon Buyer
A former NASA administrator has been tapped by the Trump administration as the deputy chief weapon buyer for the Pentagon. Michael D. Griffin on Oct. 27 was nominated to become […]
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CongressF-35 Sustainment Woes Hurting Readiness, GAO Says
The U.S. Department of Defense’s new fleet of F-35 Lightning IIs is experiencing spare parts shortages and other sustainment problems that are hurting the readiness of the fighter jets, according to […]
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Pentagon
Defense Innovation Board: Optimize Pentagon For Speed, Not Cost
As a 20th century organization designed to acquire weapons and fight wars at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers, the Defense Department is rigidly hierarchical, bureaucratic and stifling to the […]
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DoD To Conduct ‘Deep Dive’ To Make F-35 More Affordable
The U.S. Department of Defense is launching a “deep dive” with industry to look for ways to further cut the cost of the F-35 Lightning II, a DoD official said […]
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CongressElectronic Warfare Needs More Attention, Lawmakers Say
Two electronic warfare (EW) advocates have urged the Department of Defense to pay more attention to EW to ensure the U.S. military keeps its edge in that area. Rep. Don Bacon […]
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Air ForceDoD, Congress In ‘Dialogue’ On Proposed Space Corps
Prompted by a controversial House-passed proposal to create a space corps in the Air Force Department, the Department of Defense has begun a “very good dialogue” with Congress on how […]