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Air Force

Final Defense Bills Prod Pentagon On Industrial Base Impacts

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Monday, September 29th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers are putting pressure on the Pentagon to consider the potential impact on U.S. jobs when awarding contracts for large acquisition programs. Lawmakers critical of the Air Force's now-canceled contract award for aerial refueling tankers to a Northrop Grumman [NOC]-European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) team argued the service should have considered the impact on U.S. jobs when weighing bids from two competing teams. Supporters of bidder Boeing [BA] claimed there would be a negative impact…

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

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]

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 […]