Pentagon
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJoint Warfighting Concept To Be Delivered to Esper by End of Year
The Joint Staff is preparing to deliver a new, Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) to Defense Secretary Mark Esper by the end of the year–a concept that will heavily rely on […]
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Unmanned SystemsStrong U.S. Industrial Base for Small UAS Needed to Counter China, Lord Says
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord highlighted the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Blue sUAS (small unmanned aerial systems) project as a stepping stone toward a stronger U.S. drone industrial base, which […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAgile Condor Pod to Go Through Classified Testing Over Next Year
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor wide area surveillance pod is to undergo classified testing over the next year after a recent flight on the General Atomics […]
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PentagonReimbursing Industry’s Billions In COVID Claims Could Take Up To Six Months, Lord Says
The Pentagon’s top acquisition official said Tuesday it may take up to six months to reimburse the defense industrial base’s billions in COVID-related claims, if the department receives appropriated funds […]
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CyberPentagon Reaffirms Microsoft As Winner Of JEDI Cloud Over Amazon Web Services
The Pentagon has reaffirmed its decision to award the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract to Microsoft [MSFT] over Amazon Web Services [AMZN], the department said […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySpace Development Agency Awards Contracts for National Defense Space Architecture Transport Layer
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Aug. 31 awarded $281.5 million in firm, fixed-price contracts to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and York Space Systems to build 10 satellites each for an […]
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PentagonPentagon Names Tech Executive Victoria Coleman As New DARPA Director
The Pentagon said Monday it has named Victoria Coleman, a technology executive and former adviser to the department, as the next director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew Partnership Between Congress and Pentagon Needed, Flournoy Says
Michèle Flournoy, a candidate for defense secretary if Joe Biden wins the November election, according to defense analysts, suggested that a new relationship between the Defense Department and Congress is […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyX-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle Has Second Test In Preparation For Airborne Recovery
Last month, Leidos [LDOS] subsidiary Dynetics, Inc., conducted its second risk reduction and performance verification test of the X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah for the […]
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SpaceReport Advises Ramp Up Of Space Traffic Management Efforts
A report this month by a panel of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) advises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Space Commerce (OSC) in the […]