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Business/FinancialAmentum To Acquire PAE To Create $9 Billion Diversified Services Contractor
Amentum on Monday said it has agreed to acquire PAE Inc. [PAE] for $1.9 billion in a deal that would create a more than $9 billion government services contractor with […]
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CongressSenators Direct Review Of Navy Budgets Underfunding Programs
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft FY 2022 defense spending bill includes a provision calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the Navy Department’s budget request tactics that appear […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-4C Tritons Complete Japan Deployment, Returned To Guam
Two Navy Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) temporarily deployed to Japan have returned to their base in Guam, the service said on Oct. 15. The Navy’s […]
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CyberAdversaries Capitalize While US Debates Space as Critical Infrastructure, Panelists Say
The United States is still in the discussion phase of whether space systems should be considered a critical infrastructure sector, while adversary China reportedly tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, Dawn […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBill Introduced To Require Contractors Secure Data Collected By AI Techs
The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week introduced a bill that would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Skeptical Of DDG(X) And Unmanned Vessel Development Speed
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill expressed skepticism for the speed the Navy is moving to develop a next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) and funding for […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems Team Competing With Northrop Grumman for U-2 SIGINT Payload
The Air Force has awarded a BAE Systems/Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) team a contract for Global High-altitude Open-system Sensor Technology (GHOST), which is to replace the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Airborne […]
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CyberNew CISA Collaborative Center Bonding, Easterly Says
A recently launched public-private cyber defense center stood up in August is already strengthening its bonds and will be expanding its initial focus on ransomware and incident response to cloud […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Advise Significant Cut to F-35 Software Development, Would Make C2D2 Separate Program
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft fiscal 2022 defense funding bill recommends cutting nearly $566 million from the Pentagon’s almost $2 billion request for Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) for […]
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CongressSenate Dems’ $726 Billion FY ‘22 Defense Spending Bill Draws GOP Rebuke Over Higher Boost For Non-Defense Items
Senate Democrats on Monday released their $726 billion fiscal year 2022 defense appropriations bill, which drew a quick rebuke from GOP lawmakers over the five percent increase in military spending […]
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