Pentagon
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Air ForcePratt & Whitney Calls For Funding Of Component Program After F119 Engine Criticism
A Pratt & Whitney executive on Monday called on Congress to fund the Air Force’s Aircraft Engine Component Improvement Program (CIP) following a pair of critical reports from government watchdogs […]
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Business/FinancialCarter Wants To Lower Entry Barriers To DoD Market For Start Up Firms
As part of his pitch last week to strengthen relationships between the Defense Department and technology innovators in Silicon Valley, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Friday said that his department […]
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Business/Financial
To Boost Tech Partnerships, DoD Opening Silicon Valley Office
At the same time new technological innovations have arisen that transform the economy of the United States and the lives of its citizens, these advances have also created risks, which […]
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PentagonCarter Says DoD Fought Off Russian Hackers Earlier This Year
The Defense Department earlier this year fought off Russian hackers who accessed an unclassified network, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday. Carter said the hackers discovered an old vulnerability in […]
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Pentagon
DoD Unveils New Cyber Strategy In Silicon Valley Trip
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will unveil the Defense Department’s new cyber strategy during a presentation Thursday at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., according to a senior defense official. Carter […]
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BudgetProposed NDAA Would Eliminate Manpower Cost Estimate Requirement
The House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on readiness has proposed eliminating a statute that Defense Department officials have said bogs down the acquisition process. The committee’s National Defense Authorization Act […]
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BudgetHASC Subcommittee Calls for Pentagon to Assess Weapons’ Cyber Vulnerabilities
The House Armed Service Committee kicked off the National Defense Authorization Act markup process on April 21, with the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities the first to issue its […]
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CongressThornberry: NDAA to Include ‘Significant Amount’ of Acquisition Reform Language
As the House Armed Services Committee prepares to roll out the first subcommittee markups of the National Defense Authorization Act later this afternoon, HASC chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said the […]
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PentagonSTRATCOM’s JSpOC Starting ‘Commercial Cell Prototype’ In Coming Months
U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) is planning to bring in a body of commercial satellite industry officials in the coming months to tighten relations between government […]
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PentagonElectronic Warfare Focus of New Pentagon Panel
The Pentagon has set up a senior-level oversight panel to help the U.S. military keep its edge in electronic warfare (EW). A one-page memorandum signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert […]