Pentagon
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Business/Financial
Report: Defense-Industrial Base Weakened by Global Competition, Reduced Capacity at Home
A report released on Friday on the state of the U.S. defense-industrial base paints a grim picture of the varied challenges, both domestic and global, that are eroding the base’s […]
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Congress
HASC Member Pushing Bill to Include Workforce Incentives in DoD Contracts
A member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will push a bill to add new incentives for industry members to include workforce development in their bids for defense programs […]
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Air Force
Boeing-Saab Team Lands Air Force T-X Contract
Boeing [BA] and Saab have won the Air Force’s T-X next-generation trainer competition over two competing teams, and will build over 350 new aircraft for the service to train pilots […]
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Budget
House Passes DoD Budget, Trump Expected to Sign
The House on Wednesday passed the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2019 (FY’19) funding bill by a veto-proof majority, essentially ensuring that the Pentagon will have its funding on time for […]
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Congress
Canceled Joint Exercise Has Hurt Readiness, Says Nominee to Lead US Forces Korea
U.S. forces and allies stationed along the Korean peninsula have suffered a “slight degradation in readiness” following the cancellation of a major joint exercise in August, the nominee for the […]
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Budget
House to Vote Wednesday To Fund DoD On Time for First Time in Nine Years
The House could vote to pass the fiscal year 2019 (FY’19) appropriations bill to fund the Department of Defense (DoD) and several other agencies on Wednesday, funding the Pentagon ahead […]
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Pentagon
Shanahan Highlights Space Force, Hypersonics in Next DoD Budget
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — As Congress appears poised to pass the fiscal year 2019 (FY‘19) defense appropriations budget before the end of the fiscal year for the first time in […]
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Air Force
Wilson: Air Force Needs 386 Squadrons to Meet Operational Needs
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force plans to boost its number of operational squadrons by nearly 25 percent by 2030 to meet requirements set in the 2018 National Defense […]
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Air Force
Air Force Delivers Space Force Roadmap to Pentagon
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force is working with the Pentagon to shape its future space acquisition architecture, and the service’s next budget request will include a proposal for […]
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Budget
Congress Includes More Ships, Aircraft, R&D Efforts in Joint FY ’19 Spending Bill
The Pentagon’s shipbuilding accounts, aircraft inventories and research and development (R&D) funds are among the major winners included in the fiscal year 2019 (FY’19) defense appropriations conference report, which lawmakers […]