Pentagon
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Air ForcePentagon Says Review of Aug. 29 Drone Strike Not Expected to Delay Final Instruction on Civilian Harm
An Air Force Inspector General review of the Aug. 29 drone strike that killed 10 civilians in Kabul is not expected to delay the issuance of a final DoD Instruction […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin F-35 Sustainment Contract Stepping Stone to Potential PBL Contract Next Year
A potentially $6.6 billion three-year sustainment contract award on Sept. 13 to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for its F-35 fighter is a stepping stone to a possible performance-based logistics (PBL) contract […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon ‘Weeks Away’ From Completing JADC2 Implementation Plan
The Pentagon is “weeks away” from completing its implementation plan for the new Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, a lead official said on Wednesday. Army Brig. Gen. […]
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PentagonDeputy SecDef Hicks Details Hypersonics, Microelectronics Industrial Base Concerns
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said Wednesday the Pentagon still has to work on industrial base concerns related to manufacturing capacity for aggressive advancement of hypersonic weapon capabilities and supply […]
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PentagonDoD Launches Supply Chain Resiliency Working Group
The Defense Department last Friday said it has formed a new working group that will examine ongoing visibility challenges into its supply chains, assess supply chain resiliency, and create actions […]
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Homeland SecurityDoD RFP Coming to Upgrade Biometric System
The Defense Department in September expects to begin soliciting for the next increment of its authoritative biometric database, which will transition to the cloud and add new capabilities, a department […]
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ArmyU.S. Forces Use C-RAM To Take Out Rocket Aimed At Kabul Airport
U.S. military forces intercepted a rocket using the Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) system during an early Monday morning attack aimed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, occurring as withdrawal […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Defense Authorizers Want DoD and Independent Reviews of NC3 Modernization
The draft House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill requests DoD and independent reviews of the modernization of the nuclear command and control and […]
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PentagonF-35 Parts to Be Catalogued in System by End of Next Year, Program Says
In 2019, the Pentagon Inspector General found that the F-35 program was unable to track parts adequately for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter, as the program had not chosen an […]
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PentagonSmith Mark: F-35 Program Must Meet Sustainment Cost Metrics Before DoD Awards PBL Contract
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), a critic of the F-35 program, is recommending that the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter meet sustainment cost metrics for two consecutive […]