Pentagon
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PentagonF-35 Follow-On Development Contract Slips To June 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to award a major follow-on development contract for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in June 2019, about 10 months later than previously planned, according […]
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PentagonNew Military Bases Added To List of No-Drone Zones
Responding to a request to enhance unmanned aircraft flight restrictions over military bases, the FAA recently made the airspace over three new Defense Department facilities no-drone zones and extended the […]
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CongressDoD Nominee: U.S. Talent Not Focused On Future Weapons
China has shot ahead of the United States in developing futuristic military technologies like hypersonics and artificial intelligence because the Pentagon’s risk-averse culture repels the innovative talent needed to tackle […]
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ArmyMattis To Congress, FAA: Military Needs More Authority To Shoot Down Drones Over Bases
Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields and the Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis on May 9 […]
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Air ForceAir Force General Concerned About Possible Return Of Budget Caps In FY 2020
Recent increases in U.S. defense spending have bolstered the Air Force’s nuclear modernization efforts, but the possible return of across-the-board budget cuts in FY 2020 looms as a potential threat […]
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CongressMattis: Future ‘Maritime’ Defense Strategy Calls For More Ships Sooner
Defense Secretary James Mattis supports further increases to the Pentagon’s shipbuilding budget because the military is planning to adopt a maritime-based strategy to defend the United States homeland, he told […]
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PentagonMattis: Future ‘Maritime’ Defense Strategy Calls For More Ships Sooner
Defense Secretary James Mattis supports further increases to the Pentagon’s shipbuilding budget because the military is planning to adopt a maritime-based strategy to defend the United States homeland, he told […]
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CyberDefense Department Plans Dedicated AI Development Center Within Six Months
The Defense Department plans within six months to establish a laboratory dedicated to artificial intelligence, which Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan said is the key to saving billions of dollars […]
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CyberShanahan: Giant Cloud-Computing Contract Not ‘Winner-Take-All’
Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan is defending plans to award a single contract for migrating its information technology service to a cloud, because the award is not, in fact, […]
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PentagonDoD’s Griffin Eyes Using Directed Energy For Space-Based Missile Defense
Pentagon technology chief Michael Griffin said April 17 that he wants to field a megawatt-class, directed energy (DE) device in space by the late 2020s to protect the United States […]