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PentagonTRANSCOM Looking To Industry To Address Aerial Refueling, Sealift Readiness Challenges
The head of U.S. Transportation Command said Tuesday officials will consider options to temporarily lease tanker aircraft from the private sector to meet ongoing readiness challenges. Army Gen. Stephen Lyons, […]
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PentagonDoD Faces Shortcomings In R&D Investments Amid Competition With China, Govini Says
The U.S. Defense Department’s investments in research, development, testing and evaluation (RDT&E) include a number of shortcomings in aligning with the nation’s defense strategy when it comes to China, including […]
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PentagonEsper: Continued Reform Efforts Required For Shift To Competition With China, Russia
The Pentagon’s shift toward a focus on competition with China and Russia will require the department to continue divesting from legacy systems to prioritize modernization programs and improving technology development […]
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PentagonAmazon Seeking To Pause Microsoft’s Work On JEDI Cloud While Court Considers Its Protest
Amazon [AMZN] filed a motion in court on Wednesday to pause Microsoft’s [MSFT] work on the Pentagon’s potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud program until the court […]
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PentagonSDA Seeking New Technologies to Inform Space-Based Sensor Architecture
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is reaching out to industry for new ideas and emerging technology solutions that can help inform its efforts to build up a preliminary space-based mesh […]
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BudgetHyten Urges More R&D Funds, Fewer Studies for Space-Based Sensor Layers
The Defense Department should invest more research-and-development funds toward efforts to eventually field a space-based early warning sensor layer in lower orbits, the U.S. military’s number-two general said Jan. 17. […]
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon Standing Up New Counter-UAS Office Outside D.C.
The Defense Department is opening a new storefront near the Pentagon with dozens of personnel dedicated to counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technologies, the department’s chief acquisition leader said Jan. 14. […]
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Air ForceNew Strategic Command Deputy Leader Nominated
An Air Force three-star general has been nominated to become the deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Commander, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Jan. 13. Lt. Gen. Thomas Bussiere current serves […]
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InternationalU.S. Early Warning System Helped Protect Troops from Iran Strike on Iraqi Bases
U.S. forces were able to seek protection before a series of ballistic missiles struck two Iraqi bases Jan. 7 thanks to an American early warning system, President Trump said Wednesday. […]
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PentagonDefense Secretary’s Chief Of Staff To Resign, Return To Private Sector
The secretary of defense’s chief of staff, Eric Chewning, will leave his position at the end of January and return to the private sector, becoming the latest senior Pentagon official […]