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Some job news: Today’s my last day at Defense News. Starting next Friday, I’ll be covering the space beat for Air and Space Forces Magazine. Excited to join the team.
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Courtney Albon
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Courtney Albon
@calbon
Space editor at Air & Space Forces Magazine, formerly @defense_news, @C4ISRNET, @insidedefense (she/her)
Washington, D.C. Katılım Nisan 2008
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The Pentagon is considering canceling the "troubled" GPS OCX program, among other options, after years of delays and cost overruns—including significant software defects that arose during government-led testing. airandspaceforces.com/pentagon-eyes-…
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SCOOP: Pentagon sends Congress $1.56B munitions reprogramming request amid Iran strikes InsideDefense.com insidedefense.com/daily-news/pen…
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Space Development Agency Faces Challenges Scaling its Growing Constellation
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SDA's scaling challenges offer a glimpse of what other programs may face as Pentagon leaders demand more of everything—from munitions and drones to satellites and software airandspaceforces.com/space-developm…
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The Air Force announced new PAEs for C3BM, NC3, fighters and advanced aircraft, propulsion, and weapons. The Space Force revealed two—space access and space-based sensing and targeting
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Air Force, Space Force Introduce First Acquisition Portfolios in Reform Push airandspaceforces.com/air-force-spac…
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So many ironies.
NYT, WaPo (and NPR and others) gave up Pentagon passes rather than sign a restrictive media policy that cast them as a security threat.
It didn’t stop them from learning critical information, which they handled responsibly as they so often have.
Max Tani@maxwelltani
First in @semafor: NYT, WaPo learned of the secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin but held off publishing what they had at the administration's request to avoid endangering US troops
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SDA Back on Track to Award Satellite Contracts After Funds Went to Troop Shutdown Pay
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“For reasons I don’t understand, it’s just gone.” — A thought I’ve had so many times over the last year or so about @defense_news and @MilitaryTimes. Great publications doing important work, now a shell of what they once were
Liam Scott@liamjscott
Former @Militarydotcom staffers say a new owner called Valnet dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most. My latest in @CJR cjr.org/feature/milita…
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“This is a newsroom in freefall. Reinstein’s hostile neglect has hobbled Defense News and Military Times and jeopardized their ability to be a force for strong, effective and original journalism that service members and families need, and that holds officials accountable.”
Sightline Media Union@SightlineUnion
Stephen Losey here, president of the Sightline Media Union and air warfare reporter for @defense_news . As of this month, I am also the *last* reporter at Defense News. Following @JenJudson's departure for Bloomberg, Defense News now has... 🧵 1/x
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FORT MCNAIR—Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to undertake far-reaching reforms on the way the U.S. military buys weapons, promising a sweeping overhaul of the way the Defense Department determines requirements, handles the acquisition process, and tests its kit. The fundamental goal, which Hegseth underscored in a one-hour speech at the National War College, is “speed.” He repeated the word more than 25 times in his remarks.
W/ the estimable @calbon for @ASForcesMag
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The memo details major reforms to DOD acquisition, directing a shake-up of program management structures, calling for adoption of commercial-first acquisition strategies, and prioritizing schedule performance over compliance airandspaceforces.com/draft-memo-fir…
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Important to note that all of the defense trade publications refused to sign the Pentagon's media access policy, and we write about budget and military technology--not exactly what you think of when you envision "activists who masquerade as journalists."
Sean Parnell@SeanParnellASW
Today, the Department of War is announcing the next generation of the Pentagon press corps. We are excited to announce over 60 journalists, representing a broad spectrum of new media outlets and independent journalists, have signed the Pentagon’s media access policy and will be joining the new Pentagon press corps. Twenty-six journalists across 18 outlets were among the former Pentagon press corps who chose to sign the DOW media access policy. New media outlets and independent journalists have created the formula to circumvent the lies of the mainstream media and get real news directly to the American people. Their reach and impact collectively are far more effective and balanced than the self-righteous media who chose to self-deport from the Pentagon. Americans have largely abandoned digesting their news through the lens of activists who masquerade as journalists in the mainstream media. We look forward to beginning a fresh relationship with members of the new Pentagon press corps.
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Alert: Inside Defense joins dozens of media outlets in rejecting the Pentagon's new press access policy.
insidedefense.com/insider/wave-n…
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This badge fight “arises from an entirely one-sided move by Pentagon officials apparently intent upon cutting the American public off from information they do not control and pre-approve.” For the last few days, Hegseth’s press team has made error after error in their statements to the public. Here are the facts:
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By 2030 — or sooner — the value of the Space Force's foreign military sales portfolio could grow to $12 billion, a spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine
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Space Force Pushes for FMS Reform as Case Load Spikes airandspaceforces.com/space-force-fm…
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On Monday our union came to the table ready to bargain with management, 6 weeks after they last gave us a meeting. We sent them a counterproposal last week in which we compromised considerably on our very reasonable demands, expecting them to find some middle ground with us. 1/3
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Space Force Eyes Aggressor Satellites to Add Realism to Test and Training
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At long last, the Space Force's next-generation space C2 system, ATLAS, is cleared for initial operations
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Point of significant context: The press already had to wear credentials and routinely has signed ground rules as needed.
What the Pentagon press corps has not done before is agreed to a policy that only published pre-approved talking points.
Pete Hegseth@PeteHegseth
The “press” does not run the Pentagon — the people do. The press is no longer allowed to roam the halls of a secure facility. Wear a badge and follow the rules — or go home.
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1/5 “The Pentagon is now demanding that journalists sign a pledge not to obtain or report any information — even if unclassified — unless it has been expressly authorized by the government. This is a direct assault on independent journalism at the very place where independent scrutiny matters most: the U.S. military.
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