Pentagon
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CongressHASC GOP Member Cook Announces Retirement in 2020
House Armed Services Committee member and retired Marine Rep. Paul Cook (R-Calif.) plans to retire in 2020, becoming the 13th GOP member and sixth HASC member to leave the House […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFully Modernized, Cloud-Based F-35 Logistics System Expected in 2020
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The F-35’s notoriously unwieldy Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) is scheduled to move to the cloud by the end of the year, a move that is […]
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CongressSAC Defense Bill Advances, But Border Wall Funding Fight Continues
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Sept. 12 to send the fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill to the Senate floor, but not before Democratic members made clear they would push […]
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PentagonPentagon To Implement Fourth Estate Program Cuts On A Rolling Basis
The Pentagon will implement program cuts to find cost savings with its “Fourth Estate” agencies on a rolling basis in a new cost savings effort the defense secretary wants to […]
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CongressWhite House Critiques Senate NDAA Language Limiting Space Force, Missile Efforts
The Trump administration has registered discontent with several elements of the Senate-passed fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and issued a letter last week urging remedies be applied […]
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CongressDefense Budget Talks to Resume En Masse Upon Lawmakers’ Return to Capitol Hill
Congress is scheduled to return from its annual August recess Sept. 9 and will waste no time diving into negotiations to flesh out the fiscal year 2020 defense authorization and […]
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Air ForceActing Air Force Secretary: Divesting Legacy Systems Crucial for New Tech Investment
The Air Force will require “bold and likely controversial changes” to its weapons portfolio to develop capabilities needed to fight on a future battlefield, the current service leader said Sept. […]
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SpaceAir Force’s Annual Schriever Wargame Launches with Focus on European AOR
The 2019 iteration of the Air Force’s annual Schriever Wargame, launching Sept. 4, will include a global scenario with a focus on the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, the […]
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InternationalSenators Call Out White House for Withholding Ukraine Assistance Funds
A bipartisan group of senators who are part of the Ukraine Caucus and on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent a letter Sept. 3 to White House officials, urging the […]
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CyberDoD’s Joint AI Center to Deliver New Common Platform Within Six Months
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is in the midst of standing up a new platform to facilitate AI-related efforts across the department, the center’s director said Aug. 30. […]