The 2017 Budget Request: Comprehensive Coverage

The Obama administration released on Tuesday its $582.7 billion fiscal 2017 budget request to Congress. Below are the stories that are a part of the comprehensive coverage of the 2017 Defense and other budget requests.

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The mission will test laser communications using commercial satellite networks and the use of quantum inertial sensors in GPS-denied environments.

Pentagon unit seeks Ukraine-like conditions for drone testing

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Pentagon picks finalists for Replicator 2 counter-drone demo

The chosen firms will participate in a live demonstration at U.S. Northern Command’s Falcon Peak exercise later this year.

The Pentagon’s Golden Dome program office is hiring

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