28 août 2018 | International, Aérospatial, Naval, Terrestre, C4ISR
By: Leo Shane III
WASHINGTON — Senators on Thursday advanced an $857 billion appropriations measure that includes full defense funding for fiscal 2019 and raises hopes that Congress may be able to avoid a government shutdown or short-term budget extension for Pentagon programs this fall.
The measure, which passed 85-7, includes money for the departments of defense, health and human services, labor and education. The so-called “minibus” of appropriations bills was touted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as making America “stronger overseas and right here at home.”
Of the total, $675 billion would be set aside for military spending next year, including nearly $68 billion in overseas contingency funds. The levels are in line with the recently adopted defense authorization bill and the budget deal reached by Democrats and Republicans last spring.
“The funds meet many of the requirements of our military commanders, equipping and training units to meet and to overcome the most dangerous of emerging global threats,” McConnell said before the vote. “As ever, we are to provide adequate training, weaponry and skills so that Americans always prevail on the battlefield.”
23 novembre 2024 | International, Aérospatial
These modifications will prepare the aircraft for use as tactical transport for Special Operations of NATO, fulfilling a broad range of military and humanitarian missions.
26 janvier 2022 | International, Aérospatial
Le Conseil des ministres espagnol a autorisé ce mardi le financement du développement, de la production et du soutien du programme européen MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System), ou Eurodrone, piloté par l'OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement). L'Allemagne, la France et l'Italie participent également à ce programme, dont les partenaires industriels sont Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation et Leonardo. Le budget alloué par le gouvernement espagnol est de 1,73 Md€. Cet accord « ouvre la voie à la signature d'un contrat sur ce programme », comme l'a twitté Michael Schoellhorn, CEO d'Airbus Defence and Space. La Tribune et Aviacionline du 26 janvier
30 avril 2020 | International, C4ISR, Sécurité
Andrew Eversden The Department of the Interior awarded a $95 million contract to NTT DATA Federal Services to modernize one of its critical information systems, the company announced April 28. The five-year contract will modernize Interior's Technical Information Management System, or TIMS, which automates business and regulatory functions for the department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management as well as its Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. The latter, BSEE, maintains the system. Under the contract, NTT DATA will “provide operations support, infrastructure and application maintenance, security, cloud transformation and other IT services.” TIMS was established in the 1990s, according to an Interior privacy impact assessment from 2018. The system supports the core mission of the two bureaus and enables the four regional offices and the Virginia headquarters to share and combine data, print maps, and standardize forms and other documents. The system is also used by the Office of Natural Resource Revenue, oil and gas stakeholders, and state and local governments. "NTT DATA is honored to help the Department of the Interior take full advantage of new and emerging technologies to promote safety, protect the environment and conserve resources offshore,” said Tim Conway, NTT DATA's president of public sector work. “Our team is committed to working with BSEE to deliver on their important mission of oversight and enforcement in these areas by leveraging automation, agile development and innovation to streamline operations.” In the long term, the Interior Department wants to merge TIMS' daily operations with the system's maintenance cycle, while adding new developments, the NTT DATA news release said. According to USAspending.gov, NTT DATA is a subprime contractor on several multimillion contracts with the departments of Justice and Homeland Security as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development. https://www.federaltimes.com/home/2020/04/29/interior-department-inks-95m-dollar-deal-to-modernize-it-system-from-1990s