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Senate Panel Passes Bill To Help US Telecom Providers Remove Untrusted Equipment

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

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Senate Panel Passes Bill To Help US Telecom Providers Remove Untrusted Equipment

A Senate committee on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation aimed at providing federal funding to U.S. telecommunications providers and educational institutions to remove equipment from untrusted foreign suppliers. The Ensuring Network Security Act (S. 4472), introduced by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), follows the signing into law earlier this year of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, which prohibits telecommunications companies from deploying equipment from untrusted suppliers. That law is squarely aimed at Chinese suppliers of telecommunications…

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Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

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Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]