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Air Force

DoD To Meet With Industry About 2nd Engine Self-Funding Plan

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

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Pentagon officials plan to meet with the contractor building the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine about its proposal to self-fund the embattled program, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday. Carter, appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) as it weighs his nomination to be deputy secretary of defense, told second-engine supporter Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) that he still has “real concerns about that (self-funding) proposal based on what I have heard so far.” Yet he said current Deputy…

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

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Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

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Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]