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WEB3 days ago · Thu, 2:14 PM. Inside Defense, from the award-winning Inside the Pentagon family of newsletters, is the nation's best online news service for defense and aerospace professionals. We specialize in exclusive, hard-hitting news on Defense Department programs, procurement and policymaking.
Directed-energy supply chains need to be strengthened, per DOD …
WEBJan 23, 2024 · A senior defense official today said the directed-energy supply chain must be bolstered if the United States is to compete with peer adversaries like China and Russia. Frank Peterkin, the principal director for directed energy at the Pentagon, said directed-energy weapons offer the Defense Department a unique opportunity to transform integrated ...
DSB recommends military use of commercial PNT systems
WEBAug 12, 2024 · A Defense Science Board task force is recommending the Pentagon try to leverage commercial markets to rapidly scale and lower the cost of position, navigation and timing systems for military use, according to an executive summary of the advisory panel’s latest report. Pentagon technology chief Heidi Shyu commissioned the study on Position ...
House authorizers urge Army to pick up the pace on modernization
WEBApr 16, 2024 · House authorizers urge Army to pick up the pace on modernization. House Armed Services Committee members questioned top Army officials during a hearing today about the speed of the service's key modernization initiatives. During the hearing, Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) was sympathetic to Army officials’ previously stated desire for …
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WEB6 days ago · The Air Force yesterday awarded missile-maker Raytheon $1.19 billion in an "incentive modification" to produce Lot 38 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, making it the largest AMRAAM award to date, the company said. “This modification adds additional production of the AMRAAM missiles, AMRAAM telemetry system, initial and field spares and other production engineering support hardware ...
Army active-duty end strength numbers were reduced by …
WEBDec 7, 2023 · Conferees reduced the Army's active-duty end strength from 452,000 to 445,000 in the conference version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill, according to a congressional aide.
Drastic cost increase of MQ-4C reflects widespread problem, with …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Drastic cost increase of MQ-4C reflects widespread problem, with unique causes. The MQ-4C Triton uncrewed aircraft system recently experienced significant unit cost increases, mirroring what some other Defense Department programs go through every year. Prompted by the Navy, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council -- …
Commission on National Defense Strategy final report
WEBJuly 29, 2024. On July 29, 2024 the Commission on the National Defense Strategy released its consensus final report, describing the most serious threats to U.S. national security since World War II. 221713.
Spending deal approves $320B in defense modernization
WEBMar 21, 2024 · After months of partisan haggling, Congress has released a final fiscal year 2024 appropriations package that would provide $320 billion for defense modernization, funds some aid to Ukraine, backs multiyear buys for several critical munitions and injects nearly $1 billion into the Defense Innovation Unit, …
Army hosting industry week on contested logistics next month
WEBBy Dan Schere / August 14, 2024 at 3:17 PM. The Army will host an industry week on contested logistics next month at Ft. Gregg-Adams, VA, which will be followed by an announcement for a follow-on solicitation, according to a government notice posted this week. The industry week will feature five panel sessions between industry and government ...
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