Pentagon
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Air ForceTrump Officially Taps Mattis For SECDEF, Promises Best New Equipment For Troops
Aside from officially announcing retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his pick for secretary of defense, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday described with soaring superlatives how he plans to rebuild […]
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PentagonPentagon Prepares Advanced Tech Development For Incoming Administration To Pursue
The Defense Department under Secretary Ash Carter and his deputy Robert Work has established a menu of research and development efforts from which the new administration can choose technologies that […]
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Navy/USMC
As SECDEF Mattis Would Bring Little Industry, Procurement Experience To Pentagon
Other than commanding combat troops, James Mattis, retired Marine Corps general and President-elect Donald Trump’s likely defense secretary, has served only one stint overseeing Marine combat development and three years on […]
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PentagonTrump Adds Three More Members To Defense Transition Team
President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday three more former military men who now work in defense consulting will join the Defense Department transition team. Thursday’s additions brings the team Trump has […]
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BudgetCongress Checks Rapid Expansion Of DIUx Tech Outreach
Congress wants to pump the brakes on rapid expansion of the Pentagon’s tech innovation outreach initiative by limiting funding until it receives a detailed report on the unit’s structure and […]
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CyberEnlighten IT Consulting Wins $40 Million Defense Department Task Order For Development Of Data Platform
The Defense Department awarded Enlighten IT Consulting, Inc. a $40 million task order against a GSA schedule for continued development of the Big Data Platform (BDP), the company said Tuesday. […]
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PentagonNew Electronic Warfare Strategy Awaits DoD Approval
The U.S. Defense Department has finished drafting a strategy to improve its use of electronic warfare (EW), and the document is expected to receive high-level approval soon, an official said […]
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CongressCarter Rebukes Congress For Weighing Six-Month Stopgap Funding Measure
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Tuesday penned a letter to Congress urging them to pass a full appropriations bill rather than confine the Defense Department to fiscal 2016 spending […]
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Air ForceBoeing, Lockheed Rack Up More Orders For P-8, F-35
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] both gobbled up military aircraft sales during Thanksgiving week, with Norway announcing plans to buy five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes and Lockheed […]
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ArmyReport Marks JLTV As Exemplar Program Benefiting From Upfront, Detailed Systems Engineering
Much as the Army did with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), performing detailed systems engineering before product development is the most effective way to shorten platform development and curb […]