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Air Force

Pentagon Names Deputy For JSF Program

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

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The Pentagon yesterday named a new deputy program executive officer for the Joint Strike Fighter, as a new team to oversee the most expensive weapons program in the building’s history readies to takeover. Rear Adm. Randolph Mahr has been tapped to become the deputy director of the F-35 fighter program under the Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall. The announcement was made by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert in a Pentagon statement. Mahr would…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]