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Cyber

Leonardo DRS Receives Potential $977 Million Deal To Continue Supporting SOCOM Network

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

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Leonardo DRS Receives Potential $977 Million Deal To Continue Supporting SOCOM Network

Leonardo DRS has received a potential eight-year, $977 million deal to continue supporting Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) global telecommunications network, the Pentagon said Friday evening. The new blanket purchase agreement (BPA) tasks Leonardo DRS with providing commercial satellite communications capabilities and operations center support for SOCOM’s Global Access Network (GAN), and follows the company’s previous 17 years of work on the system. “We are dedicated to delivering a strong, secure and comprehensive technical solution that ensures U.S. Special Operations Forces…

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 […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]