Pentagon
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PentagonTrend Toward Rapid Acquisition Makes Kendall Nervous
The Pentagon’s outgoing acquisition czar, Frank Kendall, said Tuesday he’s nervous about a trend toward rapid acquisition, which he called high risk and low quality. Kendall said an example of […]
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Air ForceHewson Says Lockheed Martin Close To New Deal On New F-35 Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is close to a new deal with the Defense Department on a new batch of F-35s, according to a company statement. The statement said Lockheed Martin CEO […]
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CongressMattis Backs F-35, Noncommittal On LRSO
President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee backed the F-35 during his Senate nomination hearing Thursday, but was noncommittal toward the Air Force’s next-generation nuclear cruise missile, one of the service’s […]
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PentagonCarter Stresses Readiness Of Defense Department To Seamlessly Transition While Conducting Global Mission
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Jan. 10 called a meeting of the Defense Department Senior Leadership Council to take stock of where U.S. national security stands before his looming […]
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Air ForceDOT&E Predicts Further F-35 Delays
The Pentagon’s chief weapon tester predicts the F-35 program might not start initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) until late 2018 at the earliest and 2020 at the latest. In […]
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PentagonDefense Innovation Board Expects To Return Under Trump
The chief of the Defense Department’s newly formed Defense Innovation Board (DIB) expects to return under President-elect Donald Trump. “We have every reason to believe it will continue,” Alphabet [GOOGL] […]
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Congress
If Confirmed, Mattis Will Resign From GD Board And Sell Off Stock
Ahead of his confirmation hearing Thursday to be the next Secretary of Defense, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis has committed to resigning from the board of a major arms manufacturer […]
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Air ForceIn Farewell Memo, Carter Outlines Eight Years Of Defense Department Accomplishments
In a lengthy 11th-hour memo to President Barack Obama, outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out an argument that the U.S. military is in better shape than it was eight […]
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CongressSenator: Trump’s Tweets Could Hurt F-35 Industrial Base
A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee charged Jan. 3 that President-elect Donald Trump’s critical tweets about the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 are sowing uncertainty in the fighter jet’s […]
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Air ForceLockheed Exec., Former DoD Senior Civilian Meet With Trump Transition Team
A Lockheed Martin [LMT] senior executive and a former civilian official of both the Navy and Air Force met Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence at Trump Tower in New […]