Pentagon
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Air ForceDoD Resumes F-35 Engine Deliveries Following Aircraft Fire, Metal Supply Issue
The Defense Department on Aug. 29 resumed deliveries of the engine that powers the F-35 after an aircraft fire and supply chain issue earlier this summer halted deliveries. Joe DellaVedova, […]
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PentagonKendall’s Competition Memo Meant to Add Scrutiny to Service Contracts, Lower-Value Contracts
The Defense Department’s recently announced measures to boost competition in contracting are aimed at lower-dollar awards and service contracts, where there is the most room for improvement. Dick Ginman, director […]
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Air ForceF-35 Engine’s ‘Flex’ Greater Than DoD Anticipated, Bogdan Says
The amount by which the F-35’s engine flexes during flight is greater than what the Defense Department initially anticipated, according to the head of the program. F-35 Program Executive Officer […]
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PentagonDoD Needs To Regain Electromagnetic Spectrum Dominance, Official Says
The Defense Department needs to regain dominance, or at least parity, in the electromagnetic spectrum or else high-end platforms like ships and aircraft will be impacted, according to a top […]
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Air ForceDoD Knows How F-35A Fire Happened, But Not Why, Bogdan Says
The Defense Department believes it knows how an F-35A caught fire in June and the head of the program believes he will have a root cause analysis complete as to […]
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PentagonUnder BBP 3.0, Kendall Will Examine What Gov’t Gains From Industry IRAD Spending
Defense acquisition chief Frank Kendall is set to roll out a draft of his Better Buying Power 3.0 later this month–tentatively on Sept. 12–to outline how the Defense Department and […]
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BudgetService Officials Submitted POMs to OSD This Week at Above-Sequester Spending Levels
The military services have submitted their fiscal year 2016 Program Objective Memoranda (POMs) to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to begin the process of adding and subtracting to […]
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BudgetDefense Secretary Previews New ‘Offset’ Strategy, BBP 3.0
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel yesterday said he’s given top DoD officials the green light to develop another “offset” strategy and offered snippets of Better Buying Power 3.0, more of […]
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Business/Financial
Kendall Memo Addresses Some Barriers to Competition; Industry Says More Work to be Done
Defense acquisition chief Frank Kendall announced five new measures to boost competition in defense contracting, though industry representatives said it is a tough problem that will take additional measures to […]
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ArmyAdvanced Hypersonic Weapon Test Terminated Just After Takeoff
The Defense Department Monday said “an anomaly,” led to the flight test termination of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Flight Test 2 Hypersonic Technology Test (AHW FT2 HTT) at the Kodiak […]