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Homeland Security

DNDO Awards Slew of Small Contracts; Cites R&D Progress

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

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The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) this month and last awarded over two dozen contracts and grants worth about $12 million for basic and exploratory research, small business funding, and technology demonstrations to industry and universities. The two-year old agency also says that it has made strides since its inception in advancing research and development in several areas. For example, DNDO is finding new materials to do radiological detection with that are more effective or less expensive or easier to…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]