Pentagon
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Air Force
Top Democrat on HASC Readiness Panel Adds F-35 Data Rights Report Requirement to Bill
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill would require DoD to submit a report on the impact of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] ownership of […]
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Congress
Rep. Banks Wants DoD To Consider Creating Panel To Revitalize DIB
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday approved a provision that would direct the Defense Department to study whether it should create a panel of stakeholders and experts to […]
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Air Force
First 40 B-21s to Be Fixed-Price, DoD Says
The U.S. Air Force is to buy the first 40 B-21 Raider stealth bombers–out of a planned service buy of at least 100–through “fixed price options,” Defense Secretary William LaPlante […]
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Pentagon
DoD Industrial Base Office Wants To Enable DIB Use Of Artificial Intelligence
The Defense Department’s office charged with monitoring the health of the defense industrial base (DIB) is seeking public input on how it can enable the vendors, and their suppliers, that […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
iDirect Nabs DIU Contract To Mitigate 5G Interference With Satellite Communication
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Tuesday said it awarded a contract to iDirect Government to prototype the company’s technology to mitigate signal interference by 5G radio frequency spectrum on […]
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Space
Sen. Warren Pressing DoD to Help Nix Russian Use of Starlink
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants a forthcoming DoD contract renewal with SpaceX for Starlink in Ukraine to have provisions to help nix Russian black market-enabled use of the communications service. […]
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Air Force
DoD Implements Rule on Limiting Fixed Price LRIP Contracts
One of the Aerospace Industries Association’s (AIA) 22 bullet point priorities for the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill is to limit contracting officers in buying “not more than one lot […]
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Pentagon
AIA Argues for Reduction of Barriers to International Defense Cooperation
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) wants Congress in the upcoming fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill to reduce barriers to cooperation with foreign allies and partners to help fulfill current and […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Booz Allen Lists Top 10 Technologies And Related Innovators For Defense And Security
Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] on Wednesday released its list of emerging technologies that it believes should be prioritized to meet the needs of the Defense Department and intelligence community, a […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DoD Innovation Unit Would Pilot Test And Evaluation Activities Under HASC Proposal
House defense authorizers are recommending a new pilot effort for the Defense Department’s innovation arm to enable faster testing and evaluation of commercial technologies that could meet warfighters’ needs. Currently, […]