Pentagon
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Missile DefenseDoD Hires Hill Veteran To Handle Missile Defense Policy
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has appointed longtime Capitol Hill aide Robert “Rob” Soofer as deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, the Pentagon announced April 26. […]
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PentagonHASC Aide Tapped For DoD Intel Post
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Kari Bingen, policy director for the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), to be principal deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, the White House announced […]
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CyberDSB Finds Shortcomings In Protecting Weapons Systems From Cyber Vulnerabilities
The Defense Department’s current activities for protecting weapons systems from cyber security vulnerabilities either in the system design or sustainment phases are “insufficient” as are its processes for keeping track […]
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PentagonNanoRacks Marketing ‘Stash And Deploy’ Capability To DoD
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—NanoRacks wants to get the Defense Department on board with the company’s stash-and-deploy deploy-on-demand program designed to intermittently release satellites from the International Space Station (ISS), according to […]
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PentagonDoD Begins Nuclear Posture Review
The Defense Department announced Monday that it has formally begun preparing a new Nuclear Posture Review for the Donald Trump administration. In a brief statement, the Pentagon said Defense Secretary James Mattis […]
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BudgetSelva Calls On Congress To Pass Budget–With Or Without Budget Caps
A top U.S. general on Thursday joined military leadership and lawmakers in condemning the continuing resolution (CR) that is currently funding the government and is soon to expire, asking Congress […]
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PentagonTrump Says NATO ‘No Longer Obsolete’ But Allies Must Pay Up For Collective Defense
President Donald Trump on Tuesday reversed his claim that NATO is obsolete, but continued his crusade for member states to spend more on defense to include potentially repaying the alliance […]
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Air ForceMattis: Strike On Syria Separate From Anti-ISIS Fight, Will Not Delay Defeat Plan
In his first turn briefing the press at the Pentagon as Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis said the recent retaliatory strike against Syria for its use of chemical weapons on civilians […]
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PentagonTrump Nominates David Norquist To Be Pentagon Comptroller
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated David Norquist to be the Pentagon’s top budget official. If confirmed as the under secretary of defense (Comptroller) and chief financial officer, Norquist will […]
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PentagonPentagon OKs Initial Production of Marine Corps CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter
The Pentagon on April 4 gave the go-ahead for production of the Marine Corps’ new $27 billion CH-53K heavy lift helicopter. Following a review of the engineering and manufacturing development, […]