Pentagon
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Air ForceDoD to Examine Options for Hard and Deeply Buried Targets
While the Biden administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) has proposed retiring the B83 megaton capable gravity bomb, the Pentagon is to examine nuclear and conventional options against hard and deeply […]
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CongressFormer Government Ethics Official Raises Issue of Members of Congress Holding and Trading Defense Stock
On June 23rd this year, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sold between $50,001 and $100,000 of Lockheed Martin [LMT] stock held in […]
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PentagonDoD Releases National Defense Strategy With Focus Placed On China, Integrated Deterrence
The Pentagon on Thursday released an unclassified version of the new National Defense Strategy (NDS) that reinforces the “pacing challenge” of China as the department’s prime focus over the more […]
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PentagonFormer Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Creator of DIU, Dies at 68
Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, 68, a Rhodes scholar and theoretical physicist who helmed the Pentagon between 2015 and 2017, died of a heart attack on Oct. 24 at his […]
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CongressSen. Warren Questions Propriety of NDIA Officials’ Advocacy of Contractor Inflation Adjustments
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is questioning the propriety of top officials at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) advocating inflation adjustments for defense contractors. “I am writing regarding my concerns […]
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PentagonBiden Administration Seeks Changes to Supply Chain Provision in Senate Version of NDAA
The Biden administration is seeking changes to Section 803 in the Senate’s draft version of the body’s fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill. Section 803 of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology48 Legislators Urge DoD to Accelerate Advanced Propulsion Efforts
Four dozen members of Congress are urging top Pentagon officials to invest in next generation propulsion technologies for fighter aircraft. “We urge DoD to fund adaptive propulsion engineering and manufacturing […]
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InternationalDoD’s LaPlante Details Goals Following This Week’s Meeting Of International Weapons Chiefs
This week’s meeting of national armaments directors from 45 countries, the European Union, and NATO resulted in plans to stand up smaller working groups to help form multinational strategies aimed […]
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PentagonAir-to-Air Missiles and Energetics for Munitions Two Possible Areas for Increasing Capacity
Ukraine’s demands for weapons since Russia’s Feb. 24 assault may point to the need for the United States and its allies to invest in diverse production lines and ramping up […]
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PentagonSen. Kelly: CHIPS and Science Act to Boost Domestic Semiconductor Testing
The CHIPS and Science Act, signed into law by President Biden on Aug. 9, will not only boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and packaging, but testing as well, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), […]
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