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August 2023
JUST IN: Support for Ukraine Not Diminishing U.S. Readiness, Official Says
Eighteen months into Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the United States has aided the country with more than three million rockets, missiles, mortars and artillery rounds and more than $43 billion of military assistance, according to the Defense Department. That has prompted concerns that the United States is sacrificing readiness. -
May 2023
JUST IN: Flexible Defense Funding Needed to Keep Pace With Rapidly Changing Tech
Technologies such as artificial intelligence and software-based products are “rapidly iterating,” and the Defense Department’s current acquisitions process isn’t going to keep up, one service official said. -
June 2022
Air Force Chief: Better Acquisition Process Helping Nuclear Triad Modernization
By Meredith RoatenThe way the Air Force is approaching its new stealth bomber and ballistic missile programs will help sidestep cost overruns and schedule delays that traditionally have held up the development of other systems, the service’s chief of staff said June 22. -
January 2022
FAR Council Replaces Commercial Item Definition
By Brooke Stanley and Scott FrelingOn Nov. 4, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a final rule ... -
July 2021
JUST IN: Competition Between Space Acquisition Agencies Called a Good Thing
By Meredith RoatenThe Space Force will likely not pursue agency consolidation as a path forward for acquisition reform, a key leader said July 28. -
July 2021
JUST IN: Watchdog Calls Projected F-35 Sustainment Costs ‘Unaffordable’
By Meredith RoatenA new report released on July 7 advises the Pentagon to make salvaging operations costs from the F-35 fighter jet program priorities a top priority. -
June 2021
JUST IN: Services Consider Reducing Live F-35 Training to Save Sustainment Dollars
By Meredith RoatenAfter criticism about affordability, the services are considering reducing flight hours pilots are required to log on the F-35 fighter jet to cut costs. -
May 2021
SOFIC NEWS: Spending on Special Ops Radios, Computers Takes Big Dip
By Yasmin TadjdehSpecial Operations Command has made large budget reductions to its program executive office for command, control, communications and computers, said the head of the office May 18. -
May 2021
JUST IN: Pentagon Officials ‘Doubling Down’ on Acquisition Reform
By Yasmin TadjdehJames Geurts — who is currently performing the duties of the undersecretary of the Navy and previously served as the service’s acquisition chief — said Pentagon officials are doubling down on efforts to reform the procurement process that were set in motion during the Trump administration. -
March 2021
JUST IN: HASC Chairman Says Officials Should 'Cut Our Losses' on F-35
By Meredith Roaten
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