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Work Well Underway On New Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Prototypes

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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford While it remains to be seen how the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) fares in a major Pentagon review, the Marine Corps is making progress developing reconfigured prototypes of the next-generation amphibious tank. Col. Keith Moore, the EFV program manager, told Defense Daily in a September interview he is "in the same boat" with other people waiting to see if the General Dynamics [GD] program survives the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). In the meantime, he said several significant…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]