Michael Griffin, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, has said the U.S. government and industry should advance the development of directed energy weapons amid the emergence of superpower competition with countries such
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Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, told SpaceNews in an interview posted Wednesday he believes Defense Department leaders such as Michael Griffin, defense undersecretary for research and engineering, and
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Congressional leaders have introduced an omnibus bill that would authorize $1.3 trillion to fund government operations through the end of fiscal 2018, Defense News reported Thursday. The omnibus package would allocate $654.6
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President Donald Trump has called on Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to procure more U.S.-built weapons systems to help generate more U.S. jobs, CNBC reported Wednesday. Memos of proposed foreign
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Navy Secretary Richard Spencer has said the service is in talks with industry over an option that would allow the purchase of at least 10 Block V Virginia-class submarines through a multiyear procurement
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The Department of Health and Human Services has chosen Robert Redfield, a more than 30-year public health veteran, to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administrator of
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Air Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, has said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that Stratcom is “fully ready” to help protect U.S. and its allies from
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The U.S. Army has appointed Col. Scot Doboszenski, distribution global operations director at the Defense Logistics Agency, to serve as commander of the Joint Manufacturing Technology Center. The Army’s JMTC serves as the Defense
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The U.S. Air Force will perform tests in the summer of a laser weapon that will be installed on fighter jets to counter drones and missiles, Newsweek reported Tuesday. Jeff Stanley, deputy assistant
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Thomas Modly, undersecretary of the U.S. Navy, has issued a memorandum to reorganize secretariat functions in a push to accelerate alignment and modernization of business operations across the Department of the Navy. He
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