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Feb- 2022 -

15 February

Pentagon Fights Defense Industry Consolidation

The Pentagon opened a campaign against the consolidation of defense contractors, saying competition has dwindled as arms suppliers merge and supersize.

10 February

Commentary

Hank Naughton

Pentagon Needs to Keep It Simple on New F-35 Engine

Upgrading the F-35 fighter jet’s engine by creating a whole new propulsion system from scratch is overly complicated and complex.

2 February

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

US Reps Request $50M for Emergency Space Launch Program

A bipartisan group of 12 House members requested $50 million for the Pentagon’s “Tactically Responsive Launch Program.”

Jan- 2022 -

27 January

Space

Inder Singh Bisht

US Space Force Moves Ahead With Ground Tracking Project

The US Space Force will wrap up its review of a space-based sensors system to track ground targets in the spring, a top official revealed.

27 January

Commentary

Walker D. Mills

To Be Serious About Climate Change, the Pentagon Must Reduce Its Contribution

If the Pentagon is serious about climate change, it needs to reduce its own contribution beyond the scattering of service-level initiatives that already exist.

18 January

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

DARPA to Field Test Autonomous Military Off-Roader

The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is set to field-test autonomous technology on military off-road vehicles in March.

Dec- 2021 -

17 December

Americas

Hanan Zaffar

US Senate Passes $770B Defense Bill for Biden to Sign

The US Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, authorizing $770 billion for defense spending.

14 December

DOD Contracts

Photo of a common hypersonic glide body launche from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, during a Defense Department flight experiment, March 19, 2020.

Inder Singh Bisht

Pentagon Upgrades $2.38B Naval Hypersonic Missile Contract

The US Department of Defense has added $61.9 million to a previous $2.38 billion Lockheed Martin Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike Weapon System contract.

1 December

Asia Pacific