The Space Force is considering creating a National Security Space Launch research and development program focused on accelerating technologies that support future space access, mobility and logistics needs to support its next launch services procurement strategy.
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November 10, 2020 |
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President-elect Joe Biden has named nearly two-dozen people to his Defense Department agency review team to ensure "a smooth transfer of power" and help the new administration "hit the ground running on Day one."
November 10, 2020 |
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Senate appropriators are recommending that lawmakers cut more than $93 million from the fiscal year 2021 budget the Air Force requested to develop the Advanced Battle Management System -- making it more likely the service will have reduced funding to execute on-ramp operational exercises over the next 11 months.
November 10, 2020 |
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Senate appropriators are recommending lawmakers reject the Defense Department's request to bypass current contracting requirements guiding the construction of launch facilities and launch centers for the military's next intercontinental ballistic missile system.
November 10, 2020 |
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Senate appropriators want more visibility into the F-35 follow-on modernization strategy and are directing the joint program office to provide more details on its plans in future budget requests.
November 09, 2020 |
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As President-elect Biden begins to roll out transition plans, several defense industry executives say they don't expect immediate big changes under a new administration.
November 09, 2020 |
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Huntington Ingalls Industries executives said today the company has established new protocols, including testing, that are allowing it to better predict and manage its workforce.
November 09, 2020 |
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New planning guidance from Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond highlights the need for the Space Force to invest in resiliency and next-generation capabilities and announces the service's intentions to create a Space Warfighting Analysis Center tasked with creating future force design alternatives.
November 04, 2020 |
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As Air Mobility Command considers what a future aerial refueling architecture might look like and develops requirements for those systems, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s aerospace systems directorate is working ahead -- studying the concepts and technologies the command is likely to pursue.
November 04, 2020 |
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The State Department has authorized a $600 million sale of four General Atomics-made MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles to Taiwan under a new government policy that loosens drone export restrictions.
November 02, 2020 |
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If former Vice President Joe Biden performs as polling suggests and defeats President Trump on Nov. 3, the Defense Department could see significant changes, despite a likely continued focus on COVID-19 and great power competition with China.
October 30, 2020 |
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The chief executive of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is feeling confident about the company's near-term drone sale prospects even though the Air Force recently more than tripled the competitive field for Skyborg, an emerging program for autonomous, unmanned vehicles.
October 30, 2020 |
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The Defense Department this week moved to turn the tables on China, forming a new University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics to accelerate work on ultra-fast weapons by increasing collaboration with academic communities -- a project that aims to replicate an idea born in Beijing where professors and students work closely to advance national aims.
October 29, 2020 |
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said today the current National Defense Strategy places too much emphasis on militarily dominating China and Russia and called on Democrats to rewrite it if former Vice President Joe Biden wins the presidential election.
October 29, 2020 |
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Less than 1% of CACI International's 23,000 employees have contracted COVID-19, the company's chief executive said today.
October 29, 2020 |
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The Defense Department today released a new strategy for "Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority" that seeks to share access with "commercial partners," though the relationship between the Pentagon and telecommunications companies has been marked by tension in the past.
October 29, 2020 |
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The Air Force Research Laboratory's space vehicles directorate has compiled a list of 13 science and technology areas it plans to prioritize in the near term, the outcome of a two-year strategic planning process.
October 29, 2020 |
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The Defense Department is working with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body to develop a process for companies to dispute their cyber assessment results and get an objective ruling from the Pentagon's lead contracts agency.
October 28, 2020 |
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The head of U.S. Transportation Command said today an ongoing Mobility Capabilities and Requirements Study may reveal a need for more intratheater airlift aircraft.
October 28, 2020 |
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About 1,800 of General Dynamics' roughly 100,000 employees have come down with COVID-19 and about 1,500 are "fully recovered and back to work," according to the company's chief executive.
