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Air ForceCarter Calls For Services To Identify Specific Jobs Unsuitable For Women
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Aug. 20 that all ground combat jobs will be open to women unless service chiefs can deliver convincing reasons, backed by data, that certain […]
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BudgetFormer Fed Chair Warns Against Using Defense Budget to Lower Deficit
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday gave a word of advice to lawmakers who might try to reduce the U.S. deficit through deep cuts to the defense budget: […]
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CyberGD Wins Pentagon Global IT Enterprise Contract
General Dynamics [GD] was awarded a contract worth potentially $881 million by the Air Force Material Command to provide enterprise IT services to global U.S. combatant commands, the company said […]
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PentagonLockheed Martin, Raytheon Win MDA Multi-Object Kill Vehicle Contracts
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] on Tuesday were awarded contracts worth roughly $10 million each to begin work on the Missile Defense Agency’s Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV), according to […]
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CongressDuring First Debate, GOP Presidential Candidates Call for Larger Military
In the first Republican debate held Thursday night, candidates agreed that the military is in need of a boost after being “weakened” by eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency. For […]
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CSBA Report On The Cost Of U.S. Nuclear Forces
On Aug. 4, 2015; the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) released a report on the cost of U.S. nuclear forces, finding that the costs of sustaining and modernizing […]
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PentagonCSBA Says LRSB, Ohio Replacement, GBSD Could Drive Cost Overruns in Nuclear Forces Funding
The United States’ Long Range Strike Bomber, the Ohio-class submarine replacement and the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) programs are the main source of potential budget overruns for the U.S. nuclear […]
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CyberZukunft Explains Coast Guard Priorities, Confirms Another Cyber Attack
The U.S. Coast Guard Commandant on Wednesday laid out Coast Guard acquisition priorities, including the Offshore Patrol Cutter and new heavy icebreakers, while also confirming another cyberattack on the executive. […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Contemplating Facility Expansion To Accommodate Increased SM-6 Production Rate
Raytheon [RTN] is contemplating expanding its Redstone Arsenal facility in Huntsville, Ala., to accommodate the Navy’s request for nearly doubling the company’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) production rate, according to a […]
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PentagonMDA Performs Successful Aegis BMD Flight Test Events
The Missile Defense Agency last week successfully conducted a series of four flight test events exercising the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) element of the nation’s Ballistic Missile Defense System […]