Pentagon
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SpaceIndustry Team on Missile Warning Satellite Payload On Track for CDR Next May, Northrop Grumman Says
A Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Ball Aerospace [BLL] team are on track to complete critical design review (CDR) for the team’s proposed infrared mission payload next May as part of […]
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PentagonGriffin, Porter Stepping Down As Pentagon’s Top Technology Officials
The Pentagon’s top two technology officials are stepping down from their positions effective July 10, a defense official confirmed to Defense Daily on Tuesday. Mike Griffin, the Pentagon’s under secretary […]
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Pentagon‘Sooner Is Better’ For Funding To Help DoD Pay Potential Billions In Industry’s COVID Claims, Lord Says
The Pentagon’s top acquisition official said Monday “sooner is better” for receiving supplemental funding to help the department pay billions of dollars in potential pandemic-related claims from industry. Acquisition chief […]
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PentagonElectronic Warfare Dominance, Hypersonics Among Top Priorities In Fiscal 2021 for Pentagon R&D Arm
Accelerating electronic warfare (EW) dominance, nuclear modernization, hypersonics, the development of fully networked command, control, and communications (FNC3), and test and evaluation infrastructure are the top priorities in fiscal 2021 […]
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SpaceDoD Releases New Strategy Aiming to Maintain U.S. Space Superiority
The Pentagon released a new Defense Space Strategy June 17, laying out four lines of effort meant to maintain U.S. superiority in the space domain and counteract ever-growing threats by […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriator Lee Introduces Bill to Cut Pentagon Funding By $350 Billion
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and co-chair of the Policy and Steering Committee, introduced a bill June 15 that would cut the “bloated” annual […]
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CongressSenators Embrace Pivot to Pacific Theater in FY ’21 NDAA Markup
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) included plans to stand up a new Pacific Deterrence Initiatives worth nearly $6 billion in its fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, demonstrating the […]
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COVID-19
Pentagon Reopening Next Week Under ‘Phase 1’ COVID-19 Precautions
The Pentagon will slowly reopen its facilities to more personnel under new precautions to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic starting June 15, the department said June 11. Following analysis of […]
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CongressSASC Votes to Advance Its Version of FY ’21 Defense Authorization Bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has reached agreement on its version of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and moved the bill out of committee by […]
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Pentagon
SASC Leadership Supports DoD Need For Funds To Reimburse Industry’s COVID Costs
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) leadership offered support Thursday for the Pentagon’s call to receive congressional help with paying billions of dollars in pandemic-related claims from industry. Sen. Jack Reed […]