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Heidi Grant, deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force for international affairs, has said U.S. allies and international partners are in need of command-and-control platforms for use in high-end fight and humanitarian response

The Defense Department has proposed an amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement in an effort to require defense contractors to communicate proposed independent research and development projects to DoD personnel.

  Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has appointed Defense Department veteran Darlene Costello to serve as principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition and logistics at the military branch. Costello succeeds Richard Lombardi, who has

Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have proposed a bill that seeks to provide the Defense Department with more flexibility in terms of allocation of funds for electronic warfare platforms. The

The Defense Department‘s inspector general has called on U.S. Transportation Command to equip its contracting staff with system tools and training in order to properly track the performance of vendors under the Global

The Government Accountability Office has urged the Department of Homeland Security to modify the administration process during the testing and evaluation phase of the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter program. GAO said in a report published

The U.S. Air Force will reduce its order of the conventional takeoff and landing variant of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 jet to 43 in fiscal year 2017 due to budget concerns, Defense News

Gen. Dennis Via, commander of Army Materiel Command, has noted the role of Army Contracting Command to help build force readiness through the procurement of equipment to support warfighting efforts, the U.S.

The U.S. Navy‘s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program could focus on the development of aerial refueling capabilities rather than strike and reconnaissance, Defense News reported Monday. Christopher Cavas writes that sources

The General Services Administration has developed a new shared service program to help customer agencies manage and monitor their software investments, Eric Eskam, a GSA information technology specialist, wrote in a blog entry