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Trump Taps Two For Senior Army Posts, Including Acquisition Chief

Friday, October 6th, 2017

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Trump Taps Two For Senior Army Posts, Including Acquisition Chief

The Trump administration moved to fill two senior Army civilian positions last week, including filling the post of chief weapon buyer.Bruce D. Jette was tapped to become assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, a position vacated by Heidi Shyu after the presidential election. If confirmed by the Senate, Jette would be the senior civilian official in charge of Army acquisition.The nomination comes just before the Army has its biggest trade show of the year in Washington,…

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

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Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]