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Air ForceDoD Starts Study On Airlift, Sealift And Tanker Needs
The Department of Defense has launched a congressionally mandated study to determine how many refueling aircraft, transport planes and cargo ships it will need to support future military operations. U.S. Transportation Command […]
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PentagonDoD Leaders Discuss How To Spend New Omnibus Funding
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he met with the service secretaries and other top Pentagon officials March 26 to discuss how the Department of Defense will properly manage the financial […]
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CongressDTRA Seeks To Speed Acquisitions
At the behest Defense Department Acquisition Chief Ellen Lord, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is looking for ways to speed its acquisitions so that it can meet warfighter requirements […]
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PentagonDoD Research Head Eyes More Focus On Non-Laser Directed Energy Weapons
The Department of Defense’s directed energy efforts are too concentrated on laser weapons and should pay more attention to other approaches, such as high-power microwaves and neutral particle beam systems, […]
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SpaceDoD Taking Fresh Look At Proposed Space Corps
The Department of Defense, which opposed a congressional proposal last year to create a space corps within the Air Force Department, is taking another look at the idea, according to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyTo Attract Innovation, DoD Spy Lab Lets Researchers Keep Intellectual Property
When it poses a scientific problem to the world, the Pentagon’s research laboratory for spies never asks respondents to surrender their intellectual property because doing so scares off innovative startup […]
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CongressService Weapon Buyers Say Congress Can ‘Declare Victory’ On Acquisition Reform
By delegating management of large weapon programs to the military services, Congress may already have achieved the acquisition reforms it and Defense Department leaders have long sought, according to acquisition […]
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DoD’s New Research Chief Eyes Faster Hypersonics Development
The Pentagon’s new research chief said March 6 that improving the Department of Defense’s hypersonics capabilities will be his top technical priority because U.S. leadership in that area could be […]
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Air ForceDoD Nears Hiring Outside Firm To Study Possible Space Department
The Pentagon is close to picking an outside firm to write a roadmap for the possible creation of a military space department, a key lawmaker said Feb. 28. The fiscal year 2018 defense authorization […]
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PentagonTrump-Ordered Industrial Base Study Finds Defense Industry At Risk
A multi-agency task force studying U.S. military contractors has an April 17 deadline to deliver its report, but has already identified some causes for concern over the health of the […]