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PentagonDEFENSE WATCH
3DELRR. The Air Force could award its long-anticipated contract for its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) as early as Oct. 6, a source tells Defense Daily. 3DELRR is the Air […]
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CongressSenators Release Compendium of 31 Experts’ Defense Acquisition Reform Ideas
Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) released a compendium of 31 acquisition reform essays from leading defense experts–from the Defense Department, the military services, industry and academia–as congressional committees […]
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PentagonHarris Provides DoD Customer With First Falcon III Wideband Team Radios
Harris [HRS] Thursday said it has provided an unnamed Defense Department customer with the first production units of its Falcon III® RF-330E-TR wideband team radio, the only independently developed and […]
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BudgetWork: OCO May be Needed for Years to Fund Operations if Base Budget Remains Capped
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said the Pentagon and Congress will eventually need to decide how to pay for an increasing number of overseas operations and his best guess is […]
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InternationalU.S., India To Establish Defense Trade Task Force
President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to establish a task force to explore ways the two countries can move quickly to identify defense trade opportunities and […]
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BudgetDoD Working to Secure Funds to Fight ISIS; CSBA: Costs Could Range from $2.4 Billion to $22 Billion Annually
The Defense Department is working with congressional committees to obtain additional funding for fiscal year 2015 for operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), though it is […]
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Air ForceDoD Plans F-35 Aircraft Carrier Tests In November
The Defense Department plans to bring two aircraft carrier variants of the F-35 to a carrier in November for a series of tests, according to the head of the F-35 […]
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PentagonPentagon Needs To Get Better At Open Systems, Acquisition Chief Says
The Department of Defense is not integrating modular capabilities into acquisition programs as effectively as it should and needs to do a better job of acquiring the data rights needed […]
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PentagonKendall Unveils BBP 3.0 to Spark Innovation in Industry, Focus on High-Impact Research
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall unveiled a draft of his Better Buying Power 3.0 on Friday, soliciting feedback before the January implementation of his new plan to continue previous cost-consciousness […]
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InternationalDeclining Global Military Budgets Diminish DSCA’s Foreign Military Sales Forecast
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) is projecting that total sales beyond fiscal year 2013 could be as much as $30 billion or as little as $5 billion due to […]