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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies above the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 17, 2020. The Thunderbolt II is a highly accurate, global reach airframe that provides U.S. and coalition forces a maneuverable close air support and precision strike platform. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff. Sgt. Daniel Snider)

Air Force planning restructure for future competition and savings

The service wants to downsize the number of aircraft it uses and focus on modernizing current systems and developing next generation weapons to make its…

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Air Force thinking of new ways to divest from old systems in 2023

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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

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In this file photo from Wednesday, March 3, 2021, members of the Michigan National Guard join the U.S. Capitol Police to keep watch over the Capitol grounds in Washington, in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump. The Guard mission is ending as Democrats and Republicans spar over whether to form an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the attack that sought to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

National Guard readies severe budget measures to cover this year’s Capitol security costs

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment prepare for departure aboard an aircraft at the Nuremberg Airport, Germany, July 26, 2018. 3/2CR is en route to Georgia to participate in Noble Partner 18 - a Georgian Armed Forces and U.S. Army Europe cooperatively-led exercise in its fourth iteration. The exercise is intended to support and enhance the readiness and interoperability of Georgia, the U.S. and participating nations during a multinational training operation. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Ellen C. Brabo)

Pentagon preparing sole-source contract to replace Defense Travel System

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DoD wants to cut contracting time by 50 percent as part of AT&L split

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DoD in process of splitting responsibilities for two new acquisition offices

Acquisition Policy

Defense contracting rebounded in 2016, but R&D spending continues to suffer

Defense News

With most senior positions still vacant, Pentagon must tell Congress how it plans to restructure itself

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The legacy of Better Buying Power: DoD’s gambit to reform acquisition ‘from within’

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In final speech, DoD acquisition chief knocks congressional reforms as unhelpful

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DoD launching new website to help industry comply with independent R&D disclosure rules

The Pentagon is developing a new web portal to make it easier for firms to let the government know about their independent research & development (IR&D)…

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FILE - The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. The Pentagon has revised its Law of War guidelines to remove wording that could permit U.S. military commanders to treat war correspondents as “unprivileged belligerents” if they think the journalists are sympathizing or cooperating with enemy forces. The amended manual, published on July 22, 2016, also drops wording that equated journalism with spying. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

DoD report shows big savings from ‘should cost’ policy

One of the main tenets of the Pentagon’s Better Buying Power initiative is changing procurement for the better.

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DoD about to revamp its processes for buying business IT systems

DoD Reporter's Notebook

If all goes according to plan, the Defense Department is a few weeks away from releasing new guidance on how it buys and builds business IT systems.