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Navy finds fix for 'unacceptable' LCS issue; taxpayers likely to cover half of costs The Navy has fixed one ship, but doesn't know how long it'll take to get the full LCS fleet to top speed.

Navy assessing LA sub fleet for possible life extensions The fact the Navy can extend some of its submarine fleet's life by several years is likely due in part to the time some of those boats have sat in docks awaiting maintenance.

Assured-PNT for all 160,000 tactical vehicles is now a reality [Sponsored] Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (A-PNT) is slowly making its way into key-leader vehicles, with no concrete plans to address A-PNT for the rest of the fleet any time soon. An interim A-PNT solution from Leonardo DRS changes that for everyone.

US space industry 'tactically strong' but lacks long-term investment, new study finds Despite investments of nearly $200 billion in commercial space since 2012, the US will lose what the authors paint as a vital race with China without more strategic vision, study sponsored by DoD's Defense Innovation Unit says.

F-35 faces stiff competition as European nations decide on future fighters Politics, diplomacy complicate decisions by Finland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland when it comes to the F-35 versus other American and international competitors.

Luria wants shipyard funding boost in defense policy bill "We need to make sure that we have a very … robust investment in our shipyards. I don't know if we can get that full amount," Luria said of a proposed shipyard supplemental.

For JADC2 to have a chance, DoD needs to get serious about data standards "We are past the tipping point where information and decision-centric capabilities are more important instruments of war than kinetic weapons," write former deputy secretary Bob Work and Govini's Bill Fabian.

The DOD just made cloud connections more secure with less latency [Sponsored] With Cloud Native Access Points, if you can't answer these questions, then you can't get on the network: Who are you as a user? What permissions should you have? What workloads do you need access to?

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