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Business/FinancialDefense Department Solicits For Cyber Support Omnibus Contract
The Defense Department issued a draft solicitation for an omnibus contract to provide support services to US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and the Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), including administrative, cyber […]
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PentagonKendall Releases Final DoD Instruction 5000.02, Incorporates Better Buying Power Ideas
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall this week released a final version of his DoD Instruction 5000.02, meant to replace the 2008 version and include key tenets of three increments of […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Expects German, Italian Missile Defense Decisions First Quarter 2015
Lockheed Martin [LMT] expects Germany and Italy to select contractors for their respective missile defense programs no later than April, company spokeswoman Mellissa Hilliard said Thursday. Lockheed Martin calls Germany’s […]
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CongressMcCain: Carter Confirmation as SECDEF Almost Assured, But Will Involve ‘Intense Discussion’
Incoming Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he believes former deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter will be quickly confirmed as the next defense secretary, but the […]
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BudgetFederal Employees Will Receive 1% COLA Pay Raise Beginning Jan. 1
When civilian federal employees come back to work after New Year’s Day, they’ll find a little more money in their first paycheck thanks to a 1 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) […]
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BudgetObama Signs Defense Bill on Dec. 19; Hagel Concerned About Sequester in ’16
President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 on Friday, with the final version of the bill keeping most of his overseas spending priorities in […]
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InternationalDoD Selects International Sites For Regional F-35 Maintenance Work
The Defense Department on Thursday selected Italy, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Norway and the Netherlands as part of its global F-35 airframe and engine sustainment posture. Italy will provide F-35 […]
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PentagonCSBA: U.S. Needs to Exploit Unmanned, Long-Range, Stealth Advantages in Offset Strategy
Former Navy undersecretary and current senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Robert Martinage crafted a response to the Pentagon’s development of a third offset strategy, arguing […]
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CyberGeospatial Intelligence Agency Shifting Map To the Cloud, Lockheed Martin Says
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has transitioned its “Map of the World” initiative to the commercial cloud environment, a move that will allow the map to be viewed throughout the […]
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PentagonAlabama Rep. Rogers Rebukes Feinstein On Nukes
Rep. Mike Rogers, an Alabama Republican and member of the House Armed Services Committee, released a letter on Monday criticizing California Democratic Senate Dianne Feinstein for calling for a reduction […]