The Pentagon has spent less than a quarter of the $10.6 billion Congress gave it in March to protect military personnel and marshal American industry to procure face masks, ventilators and other… Source link
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New support for an Indo-Pacific Deterrence Initiative suggests it’s a lock for the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act. Source link
Travel restrictions and closures related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic hit CAE’s civil training and defense segments. But said the company CEO: “I think we have seen the bottom and we have… Source link
The U.S. Senate confirmed a new Navy secretary, Kenneth “K.J.” Braithwaite, by voice vote on Thursday. Source link
The U.S. State Department inspector general was investigating the Trump administration’s use of an emergency declaration to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia, according to the the chairman of the House… Source link
The Pentagon has proposed legislation that aims to end reliance on China for rare earth minerals used in the manufacturing of missiles and munitions, hypersonic weapons and radiation hardened… Source link
A bipartisan group of 30 senators are expected to send the Federal Communications Commission a letter urging it to reverse course on its decision to allow Ligado to deploy a nationwide mobile… Source link
The Pentagon is asking Congress for authority to block-buy two of its new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines, a mega-deal worth as much as $17.7 billion. Source link
When it comes to boosting the Defense Department’s role in the frigid Arctic, nobody in Congress seems hotter under the collar than Sen. Dan Sullivan. Source link
The Defense Business Board, whose task force was tapped by the Pentagon for the study, unanimously adopted the recommendations at its meeting on Wednesday. Source link
General Dynamics has received $1 billion since the renegotiation of a $10 billion contract for Canada to sell light armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Source link
The Trump administration is weighing whether to broaden COVID relief loans for defense firms. Source link