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InternationalSecDef Reaffirms Support For Ukraine, As DoD Hosts Allies Without New U.S. Weapons Aid To Announce
The Pentagon on Tuesday hosted the latest meeting of the international coalition supporting Ukraine without a new weapons aid package to announce, as the supplemental funding bill to continue security […]
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CongressGallagher Issues Rallying Cry for Multi-Year Procurement of Key Munitions
Multi-year procurement (MYP) of key munitions is vital to rebuild U.S. stockpiles, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), said on Jan. 23. Gallagher chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Seeks Solutions For Data At Speed And Scale
The Defense Department last week issued a needs statement for obtaining solutions that can speed the global delivery of data to warfighters relevant to their operations and decision-making. This April, […]
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PentagonDoD Releases First National Defense Industrial Strategy, Implementation Plan To Follow Soon
The Pentagon on Thursday released its first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS), detailing a range of priorities to “catalyze generational rather than incremental change” for bolstering weapons production. DoD officials […]
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DoD Warns Against Risk Aversion In Expanding Defense Production Capacity
Willingness to take on more risk must increase as part of new acquisition policies aimed at creating a larger and healthier defense industrial base (DIB) that can rapidly expand production […]
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Air ForceTexas Federal Court Finds No ‘Irreparable Harm’ to F-35 Deliveries in Ongoing Titanium Price Dispute
A Texas federal judge ruled on Dec. 29 that Pittsburgh’s Howmet Aerospace [HWM] likely broke its contract to supply titanium mill products to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the F-35 fighter, […]
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Air ForcePentagon Inspector General Outlines 83 Planned Projects, Including Evaluation of Space Defense and Project Maven
The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) has outlined 83 projects–54 audits and 29 evaluations–that it plans to undertake in fiscal 2024. Among the projects are a DoD/National Reconnaissance Office space defense […]
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CyberDoD Office Launches Year-Long Bug Bounty
The Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service (DDS) last week launched a year-long effort to give vetted researchers an opportunity to probe the service’s public facing internet assets for cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The […]
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Business/FinancialDefense Bill Rejects Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Requirements
Defense contractors will not have to disclose their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a condition of receiving a contract, at least for a year, congressional authorizers say in their annual […]
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CongressFinal Defense Authorization Bill Includes Three Submarines Under AUKUS
The fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill approves three Virginia-class submarines for Australia under the AUKUS partnership, as the U.S. Navy readies for a $3 billion infusion from Australis into the […]