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US Air Force wants to avoid F-35 mistakes on sixth-gen fighter
The Air Force plans to award a contract to a vendor to build its Next Generation Air Dominance fighter in 2024.
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The Defense Department is finally getting workforce development right
To ensure the success of budding workforce initiatives, we must avoid burdening them with well-intentioned but overreaching bureaucracy.
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How to ensure Iranian drones don’t include US components
While the Iranian drone threat may have previously seemed distant for Europe, the appearance of these weapons in Ukraine has brought the problem home.
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Pentagon to use new Taiwan arms transfer authority, similar to Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called on Congress to fund the transfer of weapons to Taiwan with the same method the U.S. has shipped weapons to Ukraine.
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Lack of funds hampers emergency naval fleet from growing faster
The U.S. Maritime Administration is pursuing a three-pronged approach to update and grow the nation’s surge sealift capacity.
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US Air Force asks for 72 fighters in 2024, and it might happen again
Top Air Force leaders have said for years that it needs to buy at least 72 new fighters each year to both modernize its fighter fleet and lower its age.
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How the Marines will use uncrewed tech, according to acquisitions boss
The Corps’ experimentation with systems that require no crew comes as part of an ambitious revamp of the service.
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Why is the FBI headquarters moving outside DC?
In September, the General Services Administration said it will come to a decision about the future site in “coming months.”
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Northrop, Lockheed, Raytheon team up on Navy’s E-XX ‘doomsday’ plane
The airplane would be built from a stretched version of the C-130J and allow the president to communicate with nuclear-armed submarines in case of war.
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Federal agencies get ‘shopper’s guide’ to aid purchases of 5G
Some 90% of federal agencies are planning to adopt 5G, according to a 2022 study by General Dynamics Information Technology.
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Pentagon urged to use federal workforce instead of contractors
The commercial industrial base builds the systems and equipment, and the department ensures those systems are maintained and operational.
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