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Intelligence Community10,000 “Operationally Relevant” Commercial EO Images Provided to NGA Per Week
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) had said that companies provide NGA and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) 50,000 electro-optical (EO) commercial images weekly. NGA is now further delineating that figure. […]
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InternationalAustin, Blinken Urge Lawmakers To Move On Both Ukraine, Israel Aid, Cite Industrial Base Investments
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Congress to support the Biden administration’s full $106 billion supplemental spending request, and cautioned against separating out […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBiden Directs NSC Memo To Guide DoD, IC Use Of Artificial Intelligence
President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order on the safe and secure use of artificial intelligence, including a provision directing the National Security Council (NSC) and his chief […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Will Develop Higher-Yield B61 Gravity Bomb
The U.S. military will develop a new, higher-yield variant of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb designed for delivery by modern aircraft, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 27. Designated the B61-13, […]
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PentagonPentagon To Release First National Defense Industrial Strategy In December
The Pentagon will release its first National Defense Industrial Strategy in December, which the department’s acquisition chief said will include a focus on the “increasing roles that allies and partners […]
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PentagonDoD’s Concerns About Industrial Base Consolidation Not Matched By Resources, GAO Says
The Defense Department faces limitations in its insight into defense mergers and acquisitions (M&A) despite its concerns that industrial base consolidation can decrease competition and reduce resiliency in the supply […]
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SpaceDISA Announces Four New Awardees for Proliferated LEO Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded four contracts to Honeywell‘s [HON] aerospace division, AT&T [T], Iridium Communications [IRDM], and Lynk […]
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PentagonZelenskyy: Air Defense “Significant Part of the Answer to the Question of When This War Will End”
Long-range air defense is key to pushing Russia back to its borders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 11 on the 594th day since Russia invaded Ukraine for the […]
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PentagonDoD Awards X-Bow $64 Million To Strengthen Industrial Base For Large Solid Rocket Motors
The Defense Department has awarded X-Bow Systems a $64 million contract to position the startup as a second supplier of large-diameter solid rocket motors (SRMs) for two Army and Navy […]
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Business/FinancialTaiclet Wants Parallel DoD Acquisition Lane For Digital Technology Insertion
The acquisition process for typical programs of record is drawn out but has proven successful yet for the Defense Department to take advantage of advances in digital technologies that evolve […]