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The defense top-line budget will be a point of contention between the Republican-led Senate and Democrat-led House as they resolve their differences with the 2020 defense authorization bill, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan was resigning and withdrawing his name from consideration to hold the top Pentagon job on an acting basis. Trump announced that Army Secretary Mark Esper is taking over as acting defense secretary. 06/18/2019 Read More
Lawmakers are taking note of seemingly unjustified defense growth in crafting of the 2020 defense authorization bill. 06/17/2019 Read More
A provision in the defense bill moving through the House of Representatives calls for the Pentagon to authorize a new fast track for software acquisition, with an eye to upgrading vulnerable weapons systems. 06/17/2019 Read More
Lawmakers seek annual reporting requirements to get insight into how the Defense Department uses other transaction agreements. 06/14/2019 Read More
The $20 billion health record modernization efforts at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are going to be joined a little more closely under an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. 06/14/2019 Read More
The House defense committee debated into the early morning, pushing the 20-hour mark before sending its version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act for a full House vote. 06/13/2019 Read More
A video walking tour shows the mine where teams honed underground navigation and exploration technologies for unmanned systems. 06/12/2019 Read More
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, wants to add $17 billion to the top-line defense budget with boosts to tech initiatives. 06/11/2019 Read More
The House defense committee chair wants DOD to develop a process and criteria for suspending and debarring foreign tech companies that pose supply chain risks. 06/10/2019 Read More
It's becoming almost impossible to untangle U.S. supply chain security policy from other political and economic issues at play, particularly when dealing with China, cybersecurity experts say. 06/10/2019 Read More
The Pentagon received two reports criticizing its cybersecurity and rapid prototyping efforts. 06/07/2019 Read More
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