Pentagon
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Navy/USMCPratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.6 billion U.S. Navy contract for sustainment of F135 engines for the tri-service and international F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin […]
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SpaceHegseth “Wartime Footing” Acquisition Model May Have Operational Risks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has promoted a “wartime footing” for Pentagon acquisition, but the approach may come with operational risk. “I can go ramp up the acquisition system, work with […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Makes $30 Million Defense Production Act Award For Critical Minerals
ElementUS Minerals has received a $29.9 million award from the Defense Department to bolster the domestic supply chain for two critical minerals, gallium and scandium, by separating and purifying them […]
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PentagonPentagon CTO’s Trimmed Down List Of Six Critical Technology Areas Includes AI, Hypersonics
The Pentagon’s chief technology officer (CTO) has trimmed down the department’s list of critical technology priorities to six categories, focused on artificial intelligence, information dominance, biomanufacturing, contested logistics, directed energy […]
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SpacePentagon Moving To Implement Report By SDA Review Team, Including More Systems Engineering Focus To Reduce Concurrency
Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey has approved the Space Development Agency’s Independent Review Team (SDA IRT) report, which team members signed off on in May–an approval that had been on […]
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PentagonDoD’s Acquisition Overhaul Aims To Reform Bid Protests, Analysis Of Alternatives Studies
The Pentagon’s wide-ranging acquisition reform effort will look to speed up the bid protest decision process and “significantly reduce” the use of Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) studies, which it said […]
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PentagonDoD’s ‘Commercial-First’ Contracting Focus May Help Non-Traditional Firms, Acquisition Chief Says
The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer on Monday said the department’s new acquisition reform push aims to bring in “as much competition as we can,” emphasizing the new “commercial-first” approach to […]
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PentagonHegseth Lays Out ‘Wartime Footing’ Vision For DoD Acquisition, Presses Industry To Deliver Faster
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday unveiled his vision for overhauling the Pentagon’s acquisition process to a “wartime footing,” pressing industry to deliver capabilities at “speed and volume” and to […]
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CongressSASC Presses CAPE Director Nominee To Finish Required Reforms, Avoid Biases
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Thursday pressed the nominee to lead the Pentagon’s independent cost analysis efforts to finish carrying out required reforms for the […]
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CongressShutdown Has Impacted Several ‘Critical’ Exercises, Pentagon Tells Congress
The shutdown has forced the Pentagon to delay or cancel several “critical exercises,” including portions of a large-scale training event in the Indo-Pacific, according to details the Pentagon provided to […]