Pentagon
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHegseth Establishes New Czar To Oversee Pentagon’s Unmanned Systems Work
The Pentagon is creating a new position to oversee most of its unmanned and counter-unmanned programs, describing the role as a “single joint integrator” that would have responsibility for budgeting, […]
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PentagonPentagon Office Of Strategic Capital Expanding, Focusing On Loans Between $1 Billion And $5 Billion
Established in 2022 during the Biden administration, the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) is expanding, its director said on Tuesday. OSC originally had $984 million in authority for equipment […]
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PentagonContractor Progress Payments Increased to 90 Percent, As RFO Moves Into Formal Rulemaking
Monthly progress payments for defense contractors increase to 90 percent under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), as the latter’s first four proposals moved into formal rule making on Tuesday. RFO […]
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PentagonEnergy Fuels Gets DoD Investment To Expand Into Expand Rare Earth Supply Chains
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has agreed to loan $725 million to Energy Fuels, Inc. [UUUU], to help the company expand its business from uranium production to […]
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CongressKaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”
Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]
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Business/FinancialTrump Leverages Defense Production Act To Boost Munitions Collaboration Within Industry
President Donald Trump last week invoked a decades old law that gives the federal government emergency authorities to control domestic industries, in this case enabling the defense industrial base around […]
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Business/FinancialPentagon Loaning $500 Million To Rare Earth Element Processing Company For Expansion
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on Tuesday said it has agreed to provide Phoenix Tailings a conditional $500 million loan for the processing of rare earth elements […]
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Business/FinancialCSIS Releases Report On Rocket Motor Industrial Base Challenges And Opportunities
The industrial base for solid rocket motors (SRMs) is benefiting from a growing demand signal for the missiles and munitions they power and new acquisition reforms, but challenges remain to […]
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Congress
Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says
As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]
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Air ForceHASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]