Joe Gould
Joe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He had previously served as Congress reporter.
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Republican budget plan will ‘undermine’ US security, warns Biden admin
The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.
US government’s Huawei ban moving too fast, contractors say
Trade groups say that companies, still reeling from the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, need more time to comply with a ban on Chinese tech.
Ligado would be banned from DoD contracts under House plan
The House Armed Services Committee passed a ban on the Pentagon awarding contracts to firms that interfere with GPS signals.
Pentagon’s top tech experts, Griffin and Porter, resign
Michael Griffin and Lisa Porter will exit the building on July 10.
Inhofe to introduce new legislation that could cost Ligado
Inhofe is still gathering support for the legislation, which could impose massive new costs on Ligado.
Congress may unite on fighting China with $100B tech industry boost
Congress would pump $100 billion into the National Science Foundation for research into artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced communications, robotics and more under a bipartisan proposal led by the Senate’s top Democrat.
House panel to hold private Ligado call with FCC and defense officials
Unlike a May 6 public hearing from the Senate Armed Services Committee, this briefing will feature representatives from the Federal Communications Commission.
32 senators to urge FCC to reverse Ligado decision
A bipartisan group of 30 senators are expected to send the Federal Communications Commission a letter urging it to reverse course on its decision to allow Ligado to deploy a nationwide mobile broadband network, saying it may disrupt GPS signals.
L3Harris and Collins split $203M order for Army radios
Army ordering second-generation manpack radios from L3Harris Technologies and Collins Aerospace
Air Force leaders don’t want to give up spectrum for 5G
Top U.S. Air Force officials doubled down Tuesday on the message the Pentagon will not vacate airwaves that telecom firms want in their race with China to build the next-generation mobile networks, known as 5G.
