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Army
Army To Start Enterprise IT “As A Service” Effort With Three Pilot Programs In FY19, Five More In 2020
The Army’s new “as a service” approach to address its lagging enterprise information technology (IT) modernization will include 15 prototype projects across its installations, starting with with three pilot programs […]
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Army
Army Releases RFI For New Small UAS
The Army is looking for input on industry’s ability to deliver a new small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) for its squads that is capable of being “rapidly deployable in austere, […]
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Air Force
Air Force to SASC: Possible Sequestration Would Cut $29 Billion from FY ’20 Budget
As lawmakers on the Hill sound alarms about the possibility of entering fiscal year 2020 with a continuing resolution – or worse, sequestration – Air Force leadership said April 4 […]
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Army
Army Reveals Official Requirements For Future Black Hawk Replacement
The Army could have a speedy, long-range Black Hawk replacement within 10 years, provided the service sticks to its own schedule, as long as the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) […]
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Business/Financial
Shareholders Of Harris, L3 Approve Merger
Shareholders of Harris Corp. [HRS] and L3 Technologies [LLL] on Thursday respectively approved the pending merger of the two companies, keeping the deal on track to close in the middle […]
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Missile Defense
Greaves Describes MDA Salvo Test Success And RKV Delay
Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) provided a Senate panel on Wednesday with additional details about a recent missile defense salvo test and the two-year delay to the Redesigned […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Turkish Foreign Minister: S-400 ‘Will Not Be a Threat’ to NATO
Turkey’s foreign minister claimed April 3 that his country’s intended purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system will not pose a threat to NATO systems, including the F-35 Joint […]
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Air Force
Air Force Once Again Halts KC-46 Deliveries Due to Debris on Boeing Flight Line
Air Force leadership said April 2 that it has halted deliveries of the Boeing [BA]-made KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueler for the second time in less than two months after inspectors […]
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Space
HASC Chair: Air Force Moving Too Fast on Launch Services Procurement Program
The leader of the House Armed Services Committee voiced his concern regarding the Air Force’s plan to procure launch service agreements with commercial vendors in a March 28 letter to […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Plans Second Competition For CT Checkpoint Scanners After Award To Smiths Detection
Within the next year the Transportation Security Administration will host a new competition for advanced checkpoint baggage scanners that could result in one or more awardees, agency Chief David Pekoske […]
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