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NDAA Requires Air Force Plan To Implement New EELV Acquisition Strategy

Pat Host

Friday, January 3rd, 2014

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NDAA Requires Air Force Plan To Implement New EELV Acquisition Strategy

Language requiring the Air Force secretary to develop a plan to implement a new acquisition strategy for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program made it into the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA specifically requires a general description of how the Air Force secretary, which is now Deborah James, will conduct competition with respect to awarding a contract to certified EELV launch providers as described in a Nov. 27, 2012, Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM). Such…

Congress

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

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Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

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U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

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White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]