The Defense Department said in a filing that it wanted to take another look at some technical aspects of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract.
— Read on www.politico.com/news/2020/03/12/pentagon-asks-to-reconsider-massive-cloud-contract-award-amid-amazon-challenge-127922
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US Army Cites Cybersecurity Concerns In Scrapping Planned Purchase of Israeli Military Tech
The US Army has scrapped the planned purchase of Israeli-made Iron Dome missile defense system over cybersecurity concerns.
— Read on www.mintpressnews.com/us-army-cites-cybersecurity-concerns-scrapping-purchase-israel-iron-dome/265644/
Biological Weapons
US army officials provide update on coronavirus vaccine efforts
Army Brig. Gen. Michael J. Talley, commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command and Fort Detrick, Md.; Army Col. Wendy Sammons-Jackson director of USAMRDC’s Military Infectious Disease Research Program; Dr.
— Read on www.haberler.com/us-army-officials-provide-update-on-coronavirus-12985793-haberi/
2021 Pentagon Budget Request Hints at Russia and China as the New Focus of US Empire
The Pentagon is shifting its strategy, budget and arsenal to focus on a confrontation with Russia and China, writes Darius Shahtahmasebi.
— Read on www.mintpressnews.com/2021-pentagon-budget-request-russia-china/265124/
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US-funded “Disinformation Oversight” of Bio Weapons Prevention Programmes in Georgia
US-funded “Disinformation Oversight” of Bio Weapons Prevention Programmes in Georgia
US-funded “Disinformation Oversight” of Bio Weapons Prevention Programmes in Georgia
— Read on alethonews.com/2020/02/23/us-funded-disinformation-oversight-of-bio-weapons-prevention-programmes-in-georgia/
[2019] Lockheed Martin leases property from SeaWorld Orlando as reports surface about new missile
A spokeswoman for the Air Force, when asked if the AIM-260 is being developed at the new facility, said “funding and development locations are classified.”
— Read on www.stripes.com/news/us/lockheed-martin-leases-property-from-seaworld-orlando-as-reports-surface-about-new-missile-1.587438
Amazon accused Trump of bias, and now Microsoft’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract is on hold
Amazon accused President Trump of improperly influencing the contact.
— Read on mashable.com/article/microsoft-jedi-contract-hold-amazon-donald-trump-bias/
US troop injuries after Iran missile strike rises to 64
Fourteen additional U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from an Iranian attack on an Iraqi air base earlier this month, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
— Read on thehill.com/policy/defense/480815-us-troop-injuries-after-iran-missile-strike-rises-to-64
How The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract
Increasingly, this means contractors are able to hold the Pentagon hostage over a weapon’s lifetime, which means overcharges of just about every imaginable sort, including for labor. The Project On Government Oversight (where I work) has, for instance, been uncovering overcharges in spare parts since our founding, including an infamous $435 hammer back in 1983. I’m sad to report that what, in the 1980s, was a seemingly outrageous $640 plastic toilet-seat cover for military airplanes now costs an eye-popping $10,000. A number of factors help explain such otherwise unimaginable prices, including the way contractors often retain intellectual property rights to many of the systems taxpayers funded to develop, legal loopholes that make it difficult for the government to challenge wild charges, and a system largely beholden to the interests of defense companies.
Holy crap!
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