Pentagon
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BudgetDoD Says House GOP’s Reported Budget Plan Could Lead To ‘Extremely Disruptive’ Cuts
A reported plan from House Republican leadership to cap fiscal year 2024 discretionary spending at FY ‘22 levels would lead to a nearly $100 billion topline reduction from the Pentagon’s […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew DoD Strategic Capital Office Outlines Initial Programs To Leverage Private Investment
The Defense Department’s new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has stood up its first program designed to leverage private capital to help drive investment in critical technologies for national defense […]
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PentagonU.S. MQ-9 Crashes Into Black Sea Following Collision With Russian Fighter Jet
A U.S. MQ-9 surveillance drone crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday following a collision with Russian fighter aircraft, U.S. Air Forces Europe said in a statement. Officials said two […]
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Budget
DoD Boosts Munitions Focus In $842 Billion FY ‘24 Budget, Sees Future $1 Trillion Request As ‘Inevitable’
The Pentagon’s $842 billion budget request for fiscal year 2024 includes a 12 percent increase in spending on munitions, with department officials detailing a priority for “maxing out” production capacity […]
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Air ForceExpansion of Government Data Rights Possible in F-35 Performance-Based Logistics Contract
The possibility of a five-year Pentagon Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract award this year to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for sustainment of the company’s F-35 fighter is giving DoD leverage to gain […]
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Air ForceFlight Acceptance Testing of F-35 Resumes in Fort Worth
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on March 6 that it has resumed flight acceptance testing in Fort Worth, Texas of the company’s F-35 fighter. “We resumed F-35 production flight operations today […]
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PentagonUkraine Has Sought Up To 128 U.S. Fighter Jets But Not A Pressing Need, DoD Official Says
Ukraine has asked for upward of 128 U.S.-made 4th generation fighter aircraft, but these are not among the top three priorities that country needs in its war against Russia and […]
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Air ForceRaytheon’s Pratt & Whitney Holds Supplier Day on Capitol Hill for Proposed F135 Engine Core Upgrade
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney held a supplier day Feb. 28 on Capitol Hill for the company’s proposed F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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PentagonDoD Fiscal 2024 Budget Likely to Address Shoring Up Industrial Capacity to Respond to Surge Demands
One of the central thrusts of the upcoming DoD fiscal 2024 budget is likely to be building industrial capacity to satisfy surge demands for materiel in response to requests from […]
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InternationalHealthy Defense Industrial Base, Supply Chain Part Of Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy
President Biden last week issued new guidance for U.S. weapons transfers and sales to allies and partners, highlighting that the strength of the U.S. defense industrial base and related supply […]