


US helps defend Israel from Iranian missile attack
The attack follows Israel's airstrikes on Iran's nuclear program and military leadership Thursday.

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House proposes manufacturing network to boost wartime arms production
The Commercial Reserve Manufacturing Network would include dual-use manufacturing firms qualified to produce military systems when called upon.

NDAA 2019: HASC amendments to the authorization bill debate
A list of the non-controversial amendments approved in the House Armed Services Committee debate of the fiscal 2019 annual defense authorization bill.

A proxy battle of innovation vs. legacy technology
The vigorous jousting among competitors over the Department of Defense's JEDI cloud contract is revealing a broader struggle between conflicting approaches to technology and to meeting future government computing needs.

F-35 deliveries resume as DoD, Lockheed clear up financial disagreement
Does Lockheed now have to pay for a production quality lapse discovered last year? That still hasn't been disclosed.

As fatal aviation crashes reach 6-year high, Pentagon says ‘this is not a crisis’
Congress announces hearings to press services on rising accidents: What are they going to do about it?

Pentagon procurement in the digital age
While moving Department of Defense data to a cloud-based system is urgently needed, a sole-source award in the presence of a vibrant marketplace for cloud-based IT services runs counter to private sector practice.

This week in Congress: HASC tackles the FY19NDAA
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of May 7.

Work to refurbish Navy Super Hornets part of Pentagon’s $700B budget
An old fighter jet being refurbished at a hangar in Missouri is the first of several planes being sent to the Boeing facility as the Pentagon spends the biggest budget in its history.

US remains top military spender, SIPRI reports
The U.S. continues to outspend its near-peers, spending nearly 3 times more on defense than the next highest spender

Trump again teases ‘space force’ as the sixth military branch
Trump said America is "getting very big in space," which may prompt the creation of a new military service focused there.
