Pentagon
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SpaceDIU Sees Opportunities to Help DoD with Responsive Launch, LEO Networks
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is set on improving military access to space with commercial contracts, with a focus on responsive launch capabilities and contributing to […]
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PentagonU.S. Offer to Provide Turkey with Patriot System Officially Dead
An offer for Turkey to buy Patriot missile defense batteries has officially expired following the delivery of Russian-made S-400 air-to-air defense systems in July, one government official confirmed Aug. 22. […]
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Acting DNI: NRO to Operate in New Center Under U.S. Space Command
The Defense Department and the intelligence community have found a solution for an ongoing discussion of how to better incorporate their respective space offices, and plan to merge the National […]
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SpaceNew U.S. Space Command to Be Stood Up Late August
The White House and the Defense Department plan to formally stand up the newest unified combatant command dedicated to space by the end of this month, officials said Aug. 20. […]
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PentagonPentagon Tests Post-INF Missile
The Defense Department on Sunday conducted the first flight test of a ground-launched cruise missile with a range greater than 500 km after the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF) expired […]
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PentagonJEDI Contract Award On Hold While Esper Reviews Program
The Pentagon is placing a contract award for its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud competition on hold while newly appointed Defense Secretary Mark Esper reviews the controversial program. “Secretary Esper […]
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CongressSASC Moves Hyten Nomination Out of Committee as Pentagon’s Number-Two Is Confirmed
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said July 31 that it had voted to favorably report Air Force Gen. John Hyten’s nomination to become the next vice chairman of the […]
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PentagonHyten Faces Questions Over Assault Allegations, Receives General Support During Joint Chiefs No. 2 Confirmation Hearing
The Air Force general nominated to serve as the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff faced questioning from lawmakers on Tuesday over his judgment and leadership in […]
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Pentagon‘Flawed’ Contract Strategy, Potential Ethics Violations Not Enough To Impact DoD’s JEDI Cloud Procurement, Court Says
Two weeks after a federal court cleared the Pentagon against a legal challenge to its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud program, the full ruling unsealed on Friday has detailed the […]
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ArmyWith Milley Vote Secured, Senate Rushing to Fill Empty Pentagon Seats
The number of open senior Pentagon positions is slowly shrinking as the Senate overwhelmingly approved Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to become the 20th chairman of the Joint […]