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Navy/USMCEPF-13 Finishes Acceptance And Unmanned Prototype Trials
The future Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) successfully finished Acceptance Trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials, the Navy said on Sept. 9. Whereas the acceptance trials […]
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InternationalPoland Announces Plans To Buy 96 AH-64E Apache Helicopters
Poland on Thursday announced plans to buy nearly 100 of Boeing’s [BA] AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. Boeing beat out Bell’s [TXT] AH-1Z Viper offering to win Poland’s Kruk program to […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDespite Russia, Congress, Biden Admin Still Doesn’t Want SLCM-N, Pentagon Official Says
Though some in the U.S. government feel Russia will rely increasingly on non-conventional and nuclear arms, including tactical nuclear weapons, that does not make a case for continuing development of […]
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CyberAutomated Cyber Defenses Needed To Keep Pace With Threat, NSA Research Chief Says
Cyber threats are occurring so rapidly that cyber defenses will eventually have to be automatic to counter them, the head of research at the National Security Agency (NSA) said on […]
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Navy/USMCRaven: Navy Must Work With Industry To Balance Supply Chain Issues And Accountability
The number two civilian at the Department of the Navy on Wednesday said the government needs to balance the constraints and stress the defense industrial base is under with accountability […]
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InternationalGoal Remains To Replenish Equipment Stockpiles On ‘One-To-One’ Basis, DoD’s LaPlante Says
The Pentagon’s top acquisition official said Wednesday his goal remains to replenish stockpiles of equipment sent to Ukraine on a ‘one-to-one’ basis, either with current systems or next-generation updates, as […]
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SpaceU.K. Ministry of Defense Publishes Space Power Doctrine
The U.K. Ministry of Defense published its first doctrine on national space power this month. The new UK Space Power doctrine brings together government policy and strategy “to provide a basis for […]
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Business/FinancialSPA Acquires Metron Operations Research And Cyber Analysis Division
Defense engineering services contractor Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) said this week it has acquired the Operations Research and Analysis (ORCA) division of Metron, strengthening its work in systems […]
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CongressReed Wants To Pass Senate NDAA in September; Bill Needs Reconciling With House Version
The Senate may not pass its big defense policy bill before voters decide who controls Congress in November’s midterm elections, the head of the chamber’s Armed Services Committee said Wednesday […]
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InternationalU.S. Approves Over $1.1 Billion In Potential Weapons Deals With Taiwan
The State Department has approved over $1.1 billion in potential foreign military sales with Taiwan, to include support for the Surveillance Radar Program and the sale of AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block […]
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