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Nuclear ModernizationDelivery Dates For Next Round of Nukes Get Hazier in Latest Annual NNSA Progress Report
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s latest Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan, released Monday, fuzzed up delivery dates for distant, future nuclear weapons that, as recently as a year ago, had […]
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Navy/USMCBiden Nominates New Naval Surface Forces, N9, and Deputy Fleet Forces Heads
The Pentagon announced President Biden has made new nominations on Monday for the next commander of Naval Surface Forces, deputy chief of naval operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities and […]
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SpaceGAO: U.S. Space Force Faces Hurdles Integrating Unified Data Library into Space Situational Awareness Operations
The U.S. Space Force faces challenges in integrating the Unified Data Library (UDL) into space situational awareness (SSA) operations, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. “The Secretary […]
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Homeland SecurityTSA Selects IDEMIA For Biometric-Enabled Credential Authentication System
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this month awarded IDEMIA a potential $128 million contract to provide the next-generation credential authentication technology (CAT) system that will authenticate a traveler’s government issued […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNNSA Won’t Know How Much 80 Pits Per Year Will Cost Until 2025
It will be another year before the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) knows roughly how much it will cost to build the infrastructure to make 80 nuclear-weapon cores annually, the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Completes Study For FVL Effort To Replace MH-60R/S, May Start Program In 2025
The Navy has completed a study assessing potential procurement paths for its effort to replace its Sikorsky [LMT] MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters with a future vertical lift (FVL) platform, and may […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans To Sell Six LCSs In Next Two Years
The Navy’s latest FY 2024 30-year shipbuilding plan revealed the Navy plans to sell six Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) it has been planning to decommission. The plan noted the FY […]
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SpaceSDA Expects to Release Tranche 2 Transport, Tracking Solicitations This Summer and Fall
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is preparing to issue solicitations for Tranche 2 of its proliferated Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, with a solicitation for Tranche 2 Transport Layer Alpha set […]
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SpaceSpace Operations Command Planning More Growth In ISR Element
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.— Space Operations Command (SPOC) continues to grow its Space Delta element that is focused on intelligence to inform space operations for the U.S. Space Force having recently […]
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Air ForceUSAF Vice Chief Agrees with ACC Commander on Need for More Fighter Squadrons
The U.S. Air Force fiscal 2024 budget request of nearly $4.9 billion for 48 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As–five more than Congress funded last year–and $2.3 billion ask for 24 Boeing […]
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