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The Senate voted 86-14 Thursday to pass a $740.5B defense policy bill for fiscal year 2021, The Hill reported.
Read More »Senate Approves $740.5B National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021
House OKs $740B Defense Policy Bill for FY 2021
The House on Tuesday voted 295-125 to pass a bill that would authorize $740B in defense budget for fiscal year 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Read More »Cyberspace Solarium Commission Releases FY 2021 Legislative Proposals for Infrastructure Security
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission have released CSC’s fiscal year 2021 legislative proposals to defend critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, the commission reported Tuesday.
Read More »House Panel OKs Potential $740.5B Defense Spending Measure for FY 2021
The House Armed Services Committee unanimously passed on Wednesday a $740.5B defense policy bill for fiscal year 2021, The Hill reported Wednesday.
Read More »Rep. Adam Smith Proposes $3.6B in FY 2021 Funds for Indo-Pacific Reassurance Initiative
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) introduced Thursday his proposal for the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that would earmark $3.6B in funds for the Indo-Pacific Reassurance Initiative as part of efforts to counter China, Defense News reported Friday.
Read More »Rep. Adam Smith Eyes Pandemic Response Provision in FY21 NDAA; Ellen Lord Quoted
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., plans to include funding for pandemic response in the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill, Defense News reported Wednesday.
Read More »PSC Joins NDIA to Urge Congress’ Extension of 889 Deadline; David Berteau Quoted
The Professional Services Council (PSC), in conjunction with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), sent a letter to Congress that has requested a six-month extension of the deadline of Section 889(a)(1)(B) Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the agency announced on Thursday.
Read More »Boeing, Lockheed Get $431M in Space Force Contracts for Satcom Payload Development
The Space Force has awarded a $240M contract to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and a $191M contract to Boeing (NYSE: BA) to develop payloads to help the service branch secure military satellite communications. The two companies will help the new service branch develop Protected Tactical Satcom payloads for a family-of-systems architecture designed to provide anti-jam, beyond line-of-sight communications to tactical warfighters, the U.S. Air Force said Tuesday.
Read More »Defense Secretary Mark Esper Selected to 2020 Wash100 for Leading National Defense Strategy, Reform Initiatives
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Mark Esper, secretary of the Department of Defense, as an inductee into the 2020 edition of the Wash100 for his commitment to implementing the National Defense Strategy and advancing cost-saving measures through reform.
Read More »FY 2020 NDAA Includes Three Provisions for Defense Acquisition Process
The fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that President Donald Trump signed into law on Dec. 20 contains three provisions that authorize changes to the defense procurement process and one of those concerns with intellectual property, Federal News Network reported Thursday.
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