Pentagon
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Business/FinancialGoldfein: Extension of COVID-19 Travel Hold Could Go Through July
U.S. military members should expect an updated decision about stop-movement orders related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic from the Pentagon within the next couple of weeks, Air Force Chief of […]
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Business/FinancialNDIA Announces Annual SOFIC Conference Will Be Virtual
The National Defense Industrial Association’s annual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference will be held in May as scheduled, but over the internet rather than its traditional locale of Tampa, Florida. […]
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Air ForceDoD Faces Avionics Terminal Challenges
On March 27, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded Raytheon [RTN] and L3Harris [LHX] $500 million each to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems for the […]
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Business/FinancialHASC Ranking Member Releases Draft Acquisition Reform Bill
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) top Republican has released a proposal meant to begin debate on acquisition reform efforts to be included in the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Soliciting 5G Prototype Proposals For Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Projects
The Pentagon on Wednesday released its fourth and final proposal request for its initial 5G pilot programs, seeking prototypes for dynamic spectrum sharing projects at Hill Air Force Base and […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Awarded $4.7 Billion to Build 78 F-35 Aircraft
The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $4.7 billion contract modification to build 78 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters over the next three years. The contract award, announced March 31, […]
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CyberTech Industry Groups Express Concerns With Pentagon’s New CMMC Cyber Standards
A group of technology industry groups have raised concerns with the Pentagon’s new cyber security contracting standards, offering recommendations aimed at ensuring the department avoids limiting competition and reducing access […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Using ‘Heat Map’ To Monitor Supply Chain; Creates Portal To Assess Industry Health
The Defense Department has created a new tool to keep tabs on the health of the defense industry supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic and has established a portal to […]
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Business/FinancialNo Major Impacts To Industry Workforce From Pandemic So Far, Lord Says
So far amid the ongoing pandemic the “vast majority” of the defense industrial base is still on the job, Pentagon Acquisition Chief Ellen Lord said on Wednesday. Lord couldn’t quantify […]
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PentagonAmazon Opposes Pentagon’s Proposed Plan To Correct JEDI Cloud Solicitation
Amazon Web Services [AMZN] is opposing the Pentagon’s push to remand the company’s legal challenge of the potential $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud program so the department […]