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Air Force

DoD Must Eliminate Hurdles To Innovative COMSATCOM Business Deals, Air Force Says

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

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The Defense Department, and, where appropriate, Congress, must eliminate hurdles that inhibit it from exercising innovative commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements that enable more efficient and responsive acquisition of the COMSATCOM services it needs, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) said in a white paper obtained by Defense Daily. The white paper, called Impediments and New Approaches for Leveraging Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) in Support of the Air Force and Defense Department, builds a case for action to fund and…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]