Pentagon
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Cyber
Hegseth Signs Memo Directing DoD ‘Maximize’ Use Of Tools To Rapidly Deliver Software
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to “maximize” the use of existing rapid acquisition authorities to speed up the delivery of software capabilities, according to a new memo. […]
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Deputy Defense Secretary Nom Plans ‘To Review The Value’ Of Replicator Initiative
Deputy Defense Secretary nominee Stephen Feinberg told lawmakers he plans “to review the value” of the Pentagon’s ongoing Replicator initiative to get after fielding emerging technologies rapidly at scale. In […]
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Congress
Give Large, Non-Defense U.S. Manufacturers ‘A Shot’ at New Programs, Feinberg Says
Simplifying DoD program requirements as part of an effort to spur more companies to make defense systems is a priority for Stephen Feinberg, the co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management and […]
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Pick ‘Razin’ Caine Described As ‘Serial Entrepreneur,’ ‘Air-Ground Integrator’
President Trump’s pick to serve as his new top military adviser, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, is a former F-16 pilot and deputy commanding general of a […]
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Space
Will Fixed Price Contracts Spell the End of the Space Force CRWL?
The company on the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) Contractor Responsibility Watch List (CRWL) may be off the list soon, as the service looks to fixed price contracts […]
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DoD May Issue Rapid Prototyping/Defense Acquisition Reform Plan This Week
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may issue a memorandum on rapid prototyping and acquisition reform this week, as the Pentagon considers scaling up the work of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). […]
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Pentagon
Pentagon Will Partner With DOGE To Find Cuts, Hegseth Says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the Pentagon will partner with the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to take a look at where cuts can be made at […]
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Space
Sen. Blumenthal Looking Into Possible Musk Conflicts of Interest in DOGE/SpaceX Work
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the investigations panel of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and a senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services […]
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Pentagon
Hegseth Calls For Rapidly Fielding New Tech, Taking Hard Look At Legacy Programs
New Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday reiterated his focus on “rebuilding the military” will include rapidly fielding new technologies and scrutinizing the effectiveness of legacy programs for future […]
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Pentagon
DOGE May Recommend Contract Terminations, Contract Experts Say
President Trump’s administration took a page from an unlikely book–that of former President Obama, in creating the inaptly named Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). To get around the public meeting/comment […]
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