Pentagon
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PentagonPentagon Likely A ‘Few More Years’ Away From Clean Financial Opinion, DoD Comptroller Nominee Says
President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the Pentagon’s next comptroller said Tuesday it will likely be “a few more years” before the department’s financial audit receives a clean opinion, […]
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ArmyWhitley Wants Army To Receive Post-Afghanistan Savings, Says Hard To Predict Level Of Freed-Up Funds
The acting secretary of the Army said Monday he would like to see the service receive some of the funds that are potentially freed up as a result of the […]
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BudgetHicks Says FY ‘22 Budget Will Emphasize New Tech Development, ‘Sustainable Approach’ To Divestitures
The Pentagon’s number two civilian official shed some light last Friday on the department’s upcoming fiscal year 2022 budget request noting it will place a focus on developing software and […]
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CyberCourt Denies Motions To Dismiss Amazon Web Services’ Legal Challenge Of JEDI Cloud
Amazon Web Services’ [AMZN] legal challenge of the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract can move forward after a federal court denied motions from the Department […]
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Air ForceBiden Taps Frank Kendall For Air Force Secretary, Heidi Shyu For Pentagon’s Top R&E Official
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday he will nominate Frank Kendall, a former top acquisition official at the Pentagon, as the next secretary of the Air Force and Heidi Shyu, the […]
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PentagonInvestments In Data Systems May Help Improve DoD’s Audit Results, Witnesses Tell SASC
The Pentagon’s perennial failure to receive a clean financial audit could be improved with bolstered data systems for personnel, acquisition and logistics information, a panel of experts told lawmakers on […]
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Unmanned SystemsThreat of Small Drones Top Concern for CENTCOM Commander
The threat of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is a top concern for the head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie. Two disparate issues–the future of refugees/displaced […]
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Business/FinancialHayes Doesn’t See Defense Department Adding Second Engine Source For F-35
Despite challenges sustaining the engine for the Defense Department’s F-35 fighter, Raytheon Technologies [RTX] CEO Greg Hayes said on Tuesday that he doesn’t expect the military services to fund an […]
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Air ForceEngine Woes Top the List for F-35 Sustainment Costs
Last week, leading Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) lamented the significant, ongoing problems with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 nearly 20 years after the company beat Boeing […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Plans to Release Unclassified Version of JADC2 Strategy
The Pentagon plans to release an unclassified version of the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, which Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin may sign soon, a top DoD official […]