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Tag: Department of Defense

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COVID-19 / Defense / Industry / North America

DoD Memo Calls for Defense Industrial Base to Continue Working during COVID-19 Outbreak

March 23, 2020April 2, 2020 - by Shaun McDougall

At a time when much of the country’s workforce is staying home or slowing operations due to the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. officials are calling on the defense industry to stay …

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Defense / Featured / North America

FY20 Budget Leaves Future Topline Growth Largely Unchanged, but Modifies Acquisition Spending Plans

May 6, 2019May 3, 2019 - by Shaun McDougall

The Pentagon requested $718.3 billion in discretionary funding in FY20, which is 4.9 percent above the FY19 enacted level, or around 2.8 percent real growth after inflation.  The White House …

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Defense / Featured / North America

DoD Planning Major OCO Boost to Sidestep FY20 Budget Caps

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 - by Shaun McDougall

The Pentagon will reportedly seek a massive increase in its FY20 war coffer in an effort to sidestep federal spending limits, a move that could push war funding to near …

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Defense / Featured / North America

U.S. Defense Budget Request Delayed

January 31, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Shaun McDougall - 1 Comment

  As a result of the U.S. government shutdown, the U.S. defense budget will not be released next week as planned.  Despite the fact that the 2019 defense budget was …

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Military Electronics

Thales Gains Back Market Share with New Radio Contract

August 9, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Forecast International

by Greg Giaquinto, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Thales has been awarded a $37 million contract from the U.S. Army to equip the new rapidly deployable security force assistance brigades …

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Military Electronics

Joint Tactical Networking Center: Making Software Radios Interoperable, Secure, and Affordable

August 1, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Forecast International

by Greg Giaquinto, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International.   The Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) was created following the cancellation of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program.  The U.S. …

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Defense / Geopolitics / North America

Defense Secretary Carter Previews FY17 Budget

February 3, 2016January 15, 2019 - by Forecast International

by Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered a preview of the Pentagon’s FY17 budget request on February 2, but offered relatively few concrete …

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Defense / Military Electronics

Cyberspace Test Technology: $127 Million Project Keeps Cyberspace Warfighter Systems Current

July 23, 2015November 8, 2019 - by Forecast International

By Greg Giaquinto, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Forecast International projects that the U.S. Department of Defense will spend approximately $127 million on its Cyberspace Test Technology (CTT) project over …

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Military Electronics

What’s In a Name? U.S. Department of Defense AN Nomenclature Made Easy

May 27, 2015July 16, 2020 - by Forecast International

By Richard Sterk, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Department of Defense’s official nomenclature equipment identification system is formally known as the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS), although …

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