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Defense Watch: Space Cargo Transportation? Kaspersky Lessons, UAS Challenge

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, October 4th, 2019

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Defense Watch: Space Cargo Transportation? Kaspersky Lessons, UAS Challenge

Shot of Female Government Agent Tracking Fugitive with Her Computer in Big Monitoring Room Full of Computers with Animated Screens.

2020 House Race. Former Green Beret and DoD official Andrew Knaggs said Monday that he would run as a Republican to depose Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) in the 2020 elections. Spanberger, a former CIA official, was elected to office in the 2018 midterms. Knaggs most recently served in the Pentagon as the deputy assistance secretary of defense for special operations and combating terrorism, but has held several posts in the department, including the chief of the research and engineering division…

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]