Pentagon
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CongressHAC-D Members Blast Major FY ’20 OCO Request as Budget Gimmick
Members of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) took the opportunity May 1 to make sure senior Pentagon officials knew exactly how they felt about the inclusion of $164 billion […]
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Air ForceShanahan Provides Update to Fighter Readiness Levels: F-22, F-16 Still Lagging
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told lawmakers May 1 that most of the Pentagon’s fighter aircraft fleet has made progress toward meeting an 80 percent mission capable rate goal by […]
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PentagonWatchdog Report Calls for Increased Action to Maintain F-35 Reliability and Modernization
A new report calls on the Pentagon to take new actions to keep the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s reliability and modernization efforts on cost and on schedule. The report, released […]
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PentagonNew GAO Report Paints Worrying Picture for F-35 Sustainment
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report April 25 offering new recommendations to improve the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain and sustainment issues, and warns that without […]
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PentagonDoD Ethics Probe Clears Shanahan of Potential Violations
The Pentagon’s Inspector General’s office has cleared Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of any potential ethics violations related to his past employment at Boeing [BA], according to a report released […]
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Amazon, Microsoft To Compete For Pentagon’s $10 Billion JEDI Cloud, Contract Award Likely Mid-July
The Department of Defense has determined Amazon [AMZN] Web Services and Microsoft [MSFT] are the two vendors capable of meeting the minimum requirements for the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense […]
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PentagonWhite House Nominates Stratcom Commander for Vice Chair, Joint Chiefs
The White House nominated Air Force Gen. John Hyten to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opening up a vacancy at both the nation’s top nuclear command […]
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BudgetHASC Chair Reintroduces Bill to End Sequestration
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) has reintroduced the Relief from Sequestration Act to repeal automatic cuts for discretionary and mandatory spending, he said in an April […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Declares IOC for New Nuclear C3 Enterprise Center
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) formally declared initial operational capability of its new Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center (NEC) April 3, which will lay the groundwork for the command […]
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BudgetHouse Dems Unveil Two-Year Spending Deal With $733 Billion Topline, Higher Caps for DoD
The Democratic-led House Budget Committee released April 2 a new bill that would lift the spending caps for both defense and non-defense funding for the next two fiscal years. The […]