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SpaceHouse Panel Wants JCS Report On NGA Responsiveness To Combatant Commands
Based on concerns that U.S. Combatant Commands (COCOMS) may not be receiving commercial remote sensing data in operationally relevant timelines, a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel wants the chairman […]
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Navy/USMCAuthorizers Seeks Navy Strategy To Re-Arm At Sea Within Three Years
House authorizers hope to push the Navy to develop a plan to have the Navy be able to re-arm the surface fleet at sea within three years in their draft […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Awards Bollinger Contract For Two More FRCs
Bollinger Shipyards this week said it has received a contract option for two more Coast Guard fast response cutters (FRCs), bringing the total number of short-endurance vessels to 67. The […]
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BudgetArmy Drone Corps Proposed By House Armed Services Panel
Given the widespread use of small and medium-size drones on the battlefield, and the systems needed to counter these unmanned aircraft, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is proposing the […]
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SpaceHASC Proposes Pilot for Hybrid Space Architecture
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill calls on U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to demonstrate a hybrid, military-commercial space architecture […]
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CongressDraft NDAA Adds Second Sub, Zeroes Out Delayed Frigate
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) initial draft of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Bill (NDAA) added $1 billion to find a second Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN), seemingly […]
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Air ForceSettlement with Lockheed Martin on F-35 Data Rights Carries ‘Significant Implications for Organic Software Development,’ Program Says
A March 27 settlement between the Department of the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a more than four-year-old case on data rights for the F-35 fighter will spur improved […]
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Air ForceAirbus Eyes Replicator, Other DoD Efforts, for Flexrotor
Airbus‘ buy of Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel will add the Aerovel Flexrotor drone to the European defense giant’s U.S. product line in what Rob Geckle, the chairman and CEO of Airbus […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWhitworth Outlines Goals For NGA Artificial Intelligence Efforts
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Continuously improving artificial intelligence around computer vision, analytic workflows, data collection, and enterprise infrastructure, all wrapped into responsible uses of the technology, make up the high-level goals for the […]
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Air ForceMQ-9A Block 5 to Get New Self-Protection Pod Next Year
Next year, the Block 5 Extended Range version of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper drone is to receive a self-protection pod developed by GA-ASI in concert […]
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