Department of Defense Resources for COVID-19
Following are select information websites related to the DoD response to COVID-19: Military OneSource's Coronavirus information for the Military communityFor guidance specific to the Pentagon Reservation and DOD offices and facilities in the National Capital Region,...
Teal Group Releases Presentations on COVID-19 Impacts on the Civil Aircraft and Military Aerospace Markets
The Teal Group has released presentations on how the global pandemic will impact the aerospace industry. These presentations can be downloaded free-of-charge from the Teal Group website: - COVID-19 And Civil Aviation Markets: A Bit Like Falling Off A Cliff, Only...
Army seeks Easy-to-Use Handheld CORONAVIRUS Detector – by 24 April
Defense Biological Product Assurance Office’s (DBPAO) mission is to employ best practices in providing the Department of Defense and its partners with a comprehensive collection of biological products that are: thoroughly characterized, of the highest quality,...
President Trump, SECDEF Esper Send Off USNS Comfort to Join New York’s COVID-19 Fight
The United States is at war with an invisible enemy in the coronavirus, President Donald J. Trump said from the dock at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, where he and Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper saw off the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort as it left for New...
President Trump Invokes Defense production Act, orders General Motors to Build Ventilators for COVID-19 Emergency, Taps Navarro to Coordinate
Following is a statement from the President Donald J. Trump regarding the Defense Production Act Issued on: March 27, 2020 "Today, I signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use any and all authority available under the...
DoD Issues New Policy Restricting Former Senior DoD Officials from Federal Lobbying Activities
DoDI 1000.32, "Prohibition of Lobbying Activity by Former DoD Senior Officials," was promulgated on March 26, 2020 These restrictions apply to: (1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the...
U.S. Justice Department ApproveS UTC-Raytheon Merger; Requires Divestitures to Address Antitrust Concerns
Divestitures Will Preserve Competition in the United States for Military Airborne Radios, Military GPS Systems, and Reconnaissance Satellite Components The Department of Justice announced today that it is requiring United Technologies Corporation (UTC) and Raytheon...
Sikorsky’s RAIDER X and Bell’s 360 INVICTUS Tapped to Advance in the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototype (CP) program
The Army announced on Wednesday that Sikorsky's RAIDER X (rendering above) and Bell's 360 INVICTUS (rendering below) will go head-to-head to compete in a Phase 2 prototyping effort for the Service's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototype...
Navy Officials Announce Three COVID-19 Cases Aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier
BY TERRI MOON CRONK , DoD News Three sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt underway in the Pacific Ocean were diagnosed with COVID-19 and were evacuated from the ship, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly said. "We've identified all the folks...
SECDEF Mark Esper Identifies DOD’s Top Priorities During COVID-19 Pandemic
BY DAVID VERGUN Protecting the Defense Department's people, maintaining military readiness and supporting the whole-of-government interagency response are DOD's top three priorities amid the coronavirus pandemic, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said. Esper, joined...