SMC Offers To Help Speed Deals For SDA
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The Space & Missile Systems Center’s Space Enterprise Consortium has been so successful at providing competitive prototypes, fast, that SMC wants to expand its scope dramatically.
Army Issues Next-Gen Targeting Goggles
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A week from today, the first combat unit will get new ENVG-B goggles, which combine binocular night vision with computer-assisted cross-hairs linked wirelessly to the rifle. It’s a test case for the Army’s new high-speed approach to modernization.
KC-46: Too Crucial To Fail
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“There is no other option at this point,” explains Todd Harrison, the director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). “The Air Force needs new tankers, and Boeing is the only one making them.”
King Blasts DoD Wall Funding, But Smooth Sailing For Air Force, Army Secretaries
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“I believe we need the Space Force, in fact, in my opinion, a domain-specific service to organize, train, and equip space forces is overdue,” Air Force Secretary nominee Barbara Barrett said.
Aerospace Sales To China Rise; Defense Exports To World Drop: AIA
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A new Aerospace Industries Association study underlines international interdependence amidst today’s trade wars.
Textron Preps For Mass Production Of New Army Rifle
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Textron is not just betting it will win the Next Generation Squad Weapons contract: It’s betting the Army will want to start buying in bulk ASAP. That’s not a bad bet.
DoD ‘Office’ Functions Move To Cloud In Multi-Billion-Dollar Contract
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A new warfighting network, DEOS, will provide common enterprise applications at local base, post, camp, and station levels — including deployed and afloat organizations.
Campaign To Stop Killer Robots ‘Unethical’ & ‘Immoral’: Bob Work
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“They’re willing to say, ‘I’m willing to sacrifice the lives of American servicemen and women, I’m willing to take more civilian casualties … on the off chance that sometime in the future this weapon will exist.”
The Fraying Edge: Limits Of The Army’s Global Network
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The Army wants a single seamless data system from home base to the front line. That’s even harder than it sounds.
Oracle’s Hail Mary Appeal Against JEDI
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Oracle says a federal judge called the procurement “unlawful” — but that word doesn’t actually show up once in his 60-page ruling. And that isn’t Oracle’s only problem.