Pentagon
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Business/FinancialThornberry to Introduce Two Bills Related to Acquisition Reform in FY ’20 NDAA Markup
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) ranking member plans to introduce two bills that would compel the Pentagon to implement acquisition reforms that Congress has passed into law, and create […]
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CongressWarren, Speier to Introduce Bill to More Strictly Limit Ex-DoD Officials’ Revolving Door to Industry
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) announced May 16 their intent to introduce new legislation that would further restrict former government officials from lobbying the Pentagon and […]
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CongressHouse Oversight Panel Says TransDigm Earned Profits Above 1,000 Percent On Multiple Programs
Aerospace parts supplier TransDigm Group Inc. [TDG] overcharged the Pentagon more than 1,300 percent on five programs examined by the House Oversight and Reform Committee, the worst examples cited by […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Select New Space Command Location By Summer
The Air Force officially announced May 14 it has narrowed the options for a new U.S. Space Command location down to six potential sites and expects to make a decision […]
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PentagonDoD’s Lord Says Next F-35 Lot Contract Expected to Be Awarded By July
The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are continuing negotiations for Lot 12 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, with plans to award a contract within the next two months, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Weapons Buyer: Cutting Turkey From F-35 Could Cause Two-Year Program Delays
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program could suffer delays should the United States and Turkey fail to come to agreement on the ongoing dispute regarding Ankara’s decision to buy the […]
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CongressTrump To Officially Nominate Shanahan For Defense Secretary
Patrick Shanahan may soon be able to remove the “Acting” part of his title, as the White House announced May 9 he has been picked to officially fill the defense […]
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Air ForceDARPA Director: Two Hypersonic Programs Speeding To Flight Tests By End of 2019
The head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said two of the agency’s air-launched hypersonic weapons are on track to launch in initial flight tests by the end […]
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Congress
HAC-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 […]