The U.S. Navy will kick off an effort to replace its fleet of 27 C-2A Greyhound aircraft with 38 CMV-22B Osprey aircraft this year, with plans to conduct transition from 2020 through 2026, USNI
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President Donald Trump intends to nominate William Roper, director of the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office, as assistant secretary for acquisition at the U.S. Air Force. Trump announced the planned nomination in a
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The Senate voted 81-7Â Wednesday to confirm John Rood, formerly vice president for international sales at Lockheed Martin, as defense undersecretary for policy, Defense News reported Wednesday. Rood will fill the third top
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The Defense Department has unveiled an award competition for industry-university teams to explore autonomous, sensing and mobility platforms as part of a new DoD pilot program. DoD said Wednesday its Defense Enterprise Science Initiative program seeks
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Vincent Santiago, who currently serves at the 3rd Marine Division in Japan, has been appointed as first command senior enlisted leader for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in Virginia. The Office
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President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate Kevin Fahey, vice president of combat vehicles and armaments at Cypress International, as assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, the White House reported Wednesday.
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Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said the U.S. government has received reports that North Korea might conduct another missile test, Reuters reported Tuesday. Haley told reporters that tighter measures
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Vice Adm. Thomas Moore, head of the Naval Sea Systems Command, has said the service branch plans to hand over some maintenance work on submarines and aircraft carriers to smaller repair companies
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has said he expects the Defense Department‘s general purpose forces to perform missions currently designated to special operations teams such as support activities in Iraq and Syria, DoD
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The first members of the Iraqi Border Guard Force have completed 12 days of training under the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve. The Defense Department said Sunday the Iraqi Border Guard Force was
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