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Key Democrats Lukewarm On SecDef Nominee; Biden Signals Return To Soft Power

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Key Democrats Lukewarm On SecDef Nominee; Biden Signals Return To Soft Power

"There really is former-general-officer fatigue, bordering on apprehension, on the Hill – on both sides of the aisle. Trump really burned out a lot of folks," a former Senate staffer says.

 

Hypersonics: SDA, Space Force Focus On Laser Links For Kill Chain

SDA currently is primarily focused on "beyond-line-of-sight targeting for sensitive targets — so, for ships and mobile missiles," Director Derek Tournear says, as well as for "advanced missile threats."

 

Air Force To Army, Navy: Pay The Tax For Space, Air Power; Protect Our Bases

"I would argue, that's the tax. If you want airpower, if you want space power, then you have to be able to defend," Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations, told the Mitchell Institute today. 

 

Shipbuilding Suppliers: Buy American Language Is NOT Earmarks

Bill Greenwalt, a lifelong Republican and one of America's leading experts on Pentagon procurement who drafted many of the laws governing the process, really hit a nerve when he stuck the label "earmark" on some Buy American provisions in the NDAA earmarks. This op-ed in reply to Greenwalt comes from an organization that is may…

 

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