Pentagon
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InternationalCarter: China, Russia Threaten Peaceful Global Order
Fresh off his third trip to Asia since being confirmed as Secretary of Defense in February, Ashton Carter on Saturday underscored the U.S. commitment to maintaining peace throughout the Asia-Pacific […]
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Navy/USMCNew CNO Calls For More Risk, Experimentation in Acquisition Process
New Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson wants to Navy to fail more—that is, he wants to see the service take more risk during the early stages of weapon […]
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Air ForceWeapons Programs Take a Hit After Lawmakers Reduce NDAA by $5 Billion
The Air Force’s new bomber, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and MQ-9 Reaper were among the weapons programs affected when lawmakers on Monday evening chopped $5 billion from the National Defense Authorization […]
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PentagonLockheed Martin Wins $4.6 Million DoD Contract For Development Of Maritime Cannister-Launched sUAS
Lockheed Martin [LMT] was awarded a $4.6 million contract by the Defense Department’s Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) for continued development of a maritime canister-launched small Unmanned Aircraft System […]
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BudgetObama Signs Budget Deal Giving Pentagon Two Years of Stability
President Barack Obama on Monday signed the Bipartisan Budget Agreement into law, increasing spending caps for defense and non-defense accounts for the next two years and raising the debt limit […]
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PentagonLockheed Martin ‘Bullish’ On Long Range Discrimination Radar 2020 Goal
A key Lockheed Martin [LMT] executive is “bullish” on the company meeting a 2020 operational testing (OT) goal for its newly awarded Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program. Lockheed Martin […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Sustains General Dynamics Protest for SEWIP Block 1
The Government Accountability Office sustained a protest by General Dynamics [GD] on the Navy’s surface electronic warfare improvement program (SEWIP) Block 1B3 full rate production requirement, throwing Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] […]
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BudgetObama, Congress Broker Budget Deal with $607 Billion for Defense
The White House and congressional leaders have reached a two-year budget deal that boosts defense and non-defense spending caps, but allots about $5 billion less to the Pentagon than the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Can’t Afford Extending Ohio Submarine Platform, Haney Says
The Navy can’t afford to further extend the life of its current Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine platform, despite an upcoming budgetary challenge on replacing it, according to a key Pentagon […]
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Homeland SecurityLockheed Martin Nabs $784M Long Range Discrimination Radar Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday won a $784 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to develop and produce a Long Range Discrimination Radar, a ground-based system designed to differentiate […]