Pentagon
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRocket Lab To Supply HASTE Suborbital Launch Vehicle As Part Of New Hypersonic Test Effort
Rocket Lab [RKLB], one of the subcontractors to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] under a new $1.5 billion contract to continue to provide the Defense Department with affordable hypersonic […]
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CongressNew SASC Chair Wicker Details Extensive Proposal For Reforming DoD Acquisition
The new chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee has detailed a wide-ranging proposal for improving the Pentagon’s acquisition process, to include “aggressively” cutting regulations, reducing reliance on cost-plus contracts […]
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PentagonDoD’s Office Of Strategic Capital Issues New Investment Strategy With Focus On Credit To Key Tech Areas
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on Thursday issued its investment strategy for fiscal year 2025, taking advantage of new authorities allowing it to provide loans and loan […]
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PentagonTrump Taps Silicon Valley Veteran To Lead DoD’s R&E Office
President-elect Donald Trump before Christmas said he would nominate an investor, executive, and adviser to different startup companies, including the disruptive ridesharing company Uber Technologies [UBER] and space company SpaceX, […]
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CongressFinal Defense Authorization Bill Heads to White House, As Senate GOP Pledges Return to ‘Regular Order’
The $895.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill is on its way to President Biden after the Senate passed it early Wednesday afternoon on a vote of 85 to 14. […]
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Air ForceDemocrats Introduce Bill to Spur System Sustainment by Military Services
Those in uniform have criticized military services’ outsourcing of sustainment to industry as leading to higher costs, causing repair delays, and lowering military readiness. Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), […]
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CongressWittman: Pentagon ‘Must Become a Software-Centric Organization’
The relative new kids on the defense block, such as Anduril and Palantir [PLTR], stand to win big, if one reads behind Thursday comments by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), the […]
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Air ForceDepartment of Air Force Has 20 Percent More Infrastructure Than Needed, Official Says
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has 20 percent more infrastructure, including bases, than needed, a department official said on Wednesday. “Fact–we probably have about 20 percent more infrastructure […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCDAO Chief Outlines Needs To Scale Generative AI Use Across DoD Ahead Of Task Force Lima Report
The Defense Department’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) this month will release the findings and recommendations of a task force charged with helping the department make use of […]
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Unmanned SystemsDoD Puts Forth ‘Strategic Ways’ To Counter Unmanned Systems In New Strategy
A new Defense Department strategy to counter the current and evolving threats from drones and other unmanned systems to U.S. forces and installations abroad and domestically lays out five paths […]