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New vaccine mandate raises questions for defense contractors

The new federal vaccine requirement announced by President Joe Biden has fueled questions from employers, including defense contractors, about how the mandate will work and whether they could lose employees as a result.

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New pact with the US and UK is set to sink Australia’s historic submarine buy from France

The U.S. and UK will aid Australia’s ambitions for a nuclear-powered submarine fleet as part of a new trilateral security partnership that leaders of the three counties are set to announce Wednesday.

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Industry, lawmakers push to extend and expand COVID reimbursements

Prized pandemic protections for defense contractors would be made permanent under the House’s defense policy bill, up for floor consideration next week.

GOP lawmaker threatens to delay Biden national security nominees over Afghanistan

The threat from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., comes amid bipartisan congressional criticism of the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal strategy.

US Navy, seeking energetics breakthroughs, releases new requirements

A public-private partnership focused on accelerating tech breakthroughs for energetics has released its first requirements document, focused on hypersonic weapons and other munitions.

Defense industry reacts to new vaccine mandates for federal contractors

A new vaccine mandate could have sweeping implications for the defense industry, where there are some of the largest government contractors and vendors.

Lawmakers set for battle over next-gen nuclear missile

Nuclear modernization opponents and defenders are gearing up to fight again this year over the future ICBM and other efforts.

Pentagon seeks microbe miners to cut rare earth reliance on China

Researchers at the Pentagon have launched a program that aims to extract rare earth minerals critical for military technologies from domestic sources ― using microscopic bugs.

Defense bill approves $15 minimum hourly wage for DoD contractors

A provision to raise the minimum wage for Defense Department contractors to $15 was adopted into the annual defense policy bill advanced by the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Defense spending increase, Afghanistan withdrawal dominate debate over defense policy measure

House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

House panel approves $24 billion defense boost

The House Armed Services Committee has endorsed a Republican plan to add nearly $25 billion more than President Joe Biden requested for defense.

13 US lawmakers back Lockheed-Aerojet merger in new letter

A bipartisan group of 13 lawmakers wrote to the Pentagon in support Lockheed Martin’s proposed $4.4 billon acquisition of rocket maker Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Army leadership: Afghanistan withdrawal not affecting readiness

Deputy SECDEF speaks on putting climate change in the budget

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Air Force testing how to do intelligence in disconnected environments

Space Development Agency approves design for satellites that can track hypersonic weapons

Air Force begins construction of simulation and wargaming facility for space and lasers

2 companies win contracts to research cyber protections for military aircraft

Military cyber software developers fix weaknesses, create mission tools faster

Joe Gould

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The new federal vaccine requirement announced by President Joe Biden has fueled questions from employers, including defense contractors, about how the mandate will work and whether they could lose employees as a result.

The U.S. and UK will aid Australia’s ambitions for a nuclear-powered submarine fleet as part of a new trilateral security partnership that leaders of the three counties are set to announce Wednesday.

Prized pandemic protections for defense contractors would be made permanent under the House’s defense policy bill, up for floor consideration next week.

The threat from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., comes amid bipartisan congressional criticism of the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal strategy.

A public-private partnership focused on accelerating tech breakthroughs for energetics has released its first requirements document, focused on hypersonic weapons and other munitions.

A new vaccine mandate could have sweeping implications for the defense industry, where there are some of the largest government contractors and vendors.

Nuclear modernization opponents and defenders are gearing up to fight again this year over the future ICBM and other efforts.

Researchers at the Pentagon have launched a program that aims to extract rare earth minerals critical for military technologies from domestic sources ― using microscopic bugs.

A provision to raise the minimum wage for Defense Department contractors to $15 was adopted into the annual defense policy bill advanced by the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

House Armed Services Committee advances 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

The House Armed Services Committee has endorsed a Republican plan to add nearly $25 billion more than President Joe Biden requested for defense.

A bipartisan group of 13 lawmakers wrote to the Pentagon in support Lockheed Martin’s proposed $4.4 billon acquisition of rocket maker Aerojet Rocketdyne.

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