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"sustainment" Definitions
  1. the act of sustaining : MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT

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"Our main focus is to ensure that the 1st Theater Sustainment Command's air power remains ready to carry out all necessary sustainment operations in the CENTCOM AOR at all times."
As the Jen DeMacio wrote in her Aviation Week story on November 3, 2017, the $1.24 trillion figure included all nuclear sustainment — not just modernization — as well as continuing sustainment over a 30-year period.
Here's another video from Captain Brown from Army Combat Sustainment Support.
Lord confirmed Tuesday that she would take the acquisition and sustainment job.
"We're blurring the traditional lines of new aircraft builds and sustainment," Lavender said.
The work of the 1107th TASMG plays an imperative role on sustainment operations.
The soldiers of the 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG) located at Camp Buehring, Kuwait are required to take on high level repairs that are necessary to maintaining sustainment operations in the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR).
James G. Kent, commander, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, said in a statement.
One C-1303 with the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Only all-consuming enthusiasm could will such a thing towards sustainment, let alone profitability.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said that David Pruitt, former vice president of finance in the Army Sustainment Division at L3, plans to fight the charges, while L3's former Army Sustainment Division President Mark Wentlent has agreed to settle related charges.
They transported "commodities, helicopters, sustainment enablers, sandbags, and telecommunications equipment," according to the DoD report.
The missile will "face increased operational and sustainment challenges until it can be replaced," it said.
Operations and sustainment (O&S) costs will continue to be paid irrespective of nuclear modernization decisions.
Lawmakers requested that Behler; Ellen Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; Lt. Gen.
David Paul worked for Lockheed Martin as a sustainment group engineer, according to company spokesman Kenneth Ross.
Lee Levy, Commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center will speak on readiness at 9:30 a.m.
"Such resources will be a prerequisite for the effective launch and sustainment of the proposed mission," he said.
"These problems resulted in more effort and cost for the fleet in sustainment than expected," the GAO said.
"Without our ability to make the high level repairs that we do, sustainment operations would suffer," said Flannery.
Efficiently identifying anticipated points of potential mechanical failure not only improves mission security but streamlines aircraft repairs and sustainment.
She served as the commanding officer of the 185th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion in the Iowa Army National Guard.
Experts suggest that 200 missiles is roughly the minimum sustainment rate needed to keep the Tomahawk production line going.
The extra money is meant specifically for Kurdish, Sunni and other tribal forces' stipends and sustainment, the staffer said.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated nuclear modernization and sustainment could cost $28500 trillion over the next 6900 years.
It should also equip the office of Acquisition and Sustainment to implement essential, incremental improvements to policies and processes.
And, right now, there are serious questions about whether the Pentagon will be ready to tackle the sustainment challenges.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated nuclear modernization and sustainment could cost $85033 trillion over the next 30 years.
The development and sustainment contract on the current Boeing-led GMD program is scheduled to end in December 2018.
The first v3 pilot vehicles will feature technological advancements in communications, reliability, sustainment and fuel efficiency and upgraded armor.
In addition, the Air Force asks for $363.3 million for its No. 1 priority: airmen equipment, training, instructors and sustainment.
"When acquisition and sustainment funds are combined, annual funding requirements could easily approach $30 billion in some years," Sullivan said.
Both were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
The list also includes $85033 million for ground combat items and infrastructure, including more munitions, equipment, surveillance systems and facilities sustainment.
In addition to the $28500 million, the bill would provide $6900 million biannually for "sustainment" funds aimed at maintaining election infrastructure.
While Norquist awaits confirmation, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord will become acting deputy secretary of defense.
Doug Chalmers, deputy commander of strategy and sustainment for the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, at a press briefing.
" As Harding explained in clear if turgid prose, "America's present need is not…submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
The ministry has pushed back, saying it would be too unwieldy to award separate contracts for production and sustainment of the planes.
"We need to balance the maintenance and sustainment with the goal of the grants originally, which is to build capacity," Nielsen said.
The budget should address programmatic shortfalls including buying more critical munitions, funding facilities sustainment at a higher rate and growing force structure.
Soldiers from the the 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group in Kuwait perform aircraft repairs that other units are unable to handle.
One maintenance group located in the Middle East takes on repairs that others cannot, and their impact on sustainment operations is paramount.
That obligation must include robust support for "Operations and Sustainment," the gritty work of preparing our troops to fight and win wars.
Local unions have promised to help with placing interested veterans in apprenticeship programs to start them on their way back to self-sustainment.
Brown was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2628st Special Troops Battalion, 28503st Sustainment Brigade, 22019st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.
"As the Iraqis move farther away from their depots at places like Taji, they will have to adopt similar sustainment practices," Lt. Gen.
Brown was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.
"He has met or spoken with companies from diverse sectors offering differing perspectives on sustainment, maintenance, supply-chain management, personnel management, and other topics."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Technologies Corp subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $6.7 billion contract for F119 engine sustainment, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
CERT-RMM divides critical assets into five basic categories: information, technology, people, facilities and raw materials; each has unique requirements for protection and sustainment.
Lawmakers, members of the military and concerned observers have raised questions regarding cost challenges with the aircraft and the expected sustainment difficulties associated with it.
An influx of new personnel, without appropriate planning and a long-term sustainment commitment, could actually undercut efforts to make our forces ready to fight.
"Our solution combines proven U.S. and Norwegian technology and Australian innovation backed by local integration and sustainment capability," said Raytheon Australia Managing Director Michael Ward.
Officials with Operation Resolute Support, the joint sustainment mission in Afghanistan, did not disclose the service branch of the troops or where they were killed.
This empowerment, I feel, is crucial to the sustainment of our culture if we want to live here and thrive in the face of adversity.
He argued that Kim would be looking to his own interests, including his country's economy and the "sustainment of his regime," not other historical agreements.
While the modernization and sustainment overhaul bring the promise of continued relevance and combat effectiveness for the Opsrey, the effort is of course not without challenges.
"The engine casualty in Iran's territorial seas is the culmination of failures in multiple areas, including maintenance, personnel qualification, sustainment training and crew rest," they wrote.
According to the panel, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and Long Range Strike Bomber are examples of programs that have effectively accounted for long-term sustainment costs.
The videos were made available by the U.S. military and we've uploaded some below, including this one from the soldiers of the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.
Dawkins said the Air Force continues to work with Northrop to improve sustainment activities "for several more years as we bring on the replacement, the B-21."
"These technologies will be used for experimentation, technical evaluation, and/or assessment of operational utility focused on enhancing system performance, sustainment, and/or training," the notice reads.
The Department of Defense has admitted that it is not able to maintain its current F-35 fleet, which is still failing to meet service sustainment requirements.
The Air Force pararescue squadron in Anchorage—on its own initiative, and without official outside funding—has fielded a new gear set called the Arctic Sustainment Package.
"I am not sure we are going to have a total U.S. solution," Ellen Lord, the Department of Defense's under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment Robert McMahon offered few new details on Trump's plans to take $220006 billion in MILCON funds for his project, effectively sidestepping Congress.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment Robert McMahon offered few new details on Trump's plans to take $3.6 billion in MILCON funds for his project, effectively sidestepping Congress.
In August, Oakley was recognized by his unit, 142nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, for his actions during the August 3 mass shooting in an El Paso shopping center.
Paul Selva; Pentagon policy head John Rood; undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment Ellen Lord; head of Pentagon technology Mike Griffin; Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen.
The federal government cannot bear the full weight of development or sustainment costs, as it did throughout most of the last decade until competition was reintroduced in 2015.
By contrast, William Gillis, who the president announced would be nominated for assistant secretary of Defense for sustainment on the same day, had his confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
Only 20 percent of that money is for salary; the rest goes to the logistics of his sustainment that could be much reduced in the new force. Capt.
"The President deserves and should expect a Secretary of the Navy who is aligned with his vision for the future and our force generation and sustainment," Spencer said.
"These technologies will be used for experimentation, technical evaluation, and/or assessment of operational utility focused on enhancing system performance, sustainment, and/or training," the government's solicitation notice read.
Boeing also will establish a joint venture with Saudi Arabia to provide "sustainment services for a wide range of military platforms," the statement said, including non-Boeing supplied equipment.
The Congressional Budget Office projects the cost of the Trump administration's nuclear sustainment and modernization plans to be $494 billion over the next decade—roughly $50 billion per year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp has won a $879 million contract for sustainment and maintenance of parts of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
"Developmental testing provides valuable data to Air Force Global Strike Command and Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center for both modernization and sustainment of the ICBM weapon system," said Col.
One contract, worth $3.5 billion, is for Army training aids, devices, simulators and simulations, maintenance, sustainment, operations and support of instrumentation systems and live-fire ranges, the statement said.
Ellen Lord, the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters the Pentagon had been working for six months on a "do not buy" list of software vendors.
The contract involves sustainment of engines on aircraft sold to Britain, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, India and Australia as part of U.S. foreign military sales, the statement said.
Ellen Lord, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, told reporters the Pentagon has been working for six months on a "do not buy" list of software vendors.
The Pentagon said Ellen Lord, the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and David Trachtenberg, the deputy under secretary of defense for policy, would hold a press briefing.
Failure to consider sustainment activities, or assuming that nothing will ever penetrate your defenses, is a losing proposition — much like assuming that a hurricane will never strike a coastal area.
"Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord is engaging with industry leadership to understand the implications and governance as a result of this acquisition," the statement said.
"We remain laser-focused on reducing costs, meeting our delivery schedule commitments, ensuring dependable engine performance, and preparing for global sustainment of the F-35 fleet," he said in a statement.
Lord is expected to continue serving as the undersecretary of acquisition and sustainment, and former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin has been nominated to serve as the undersecretary of research and engineering.
She worked with top weapons buyer Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to boost weapon sales with partner and ally countries.
Winter added that the projected sustainment costs on the F-35 are poised to become unaffordable as the fleet grows from 280 aircraft to 800-plus by the end of 2021.
"Every kandak (battalion) we go to, regardless of where they're located, they all have major sustainment issues," said Command Sergeant Major Tim Bolyard, the senior non-commissioned officer in Fontana's battalion.
The Defense Department's under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, Ellen Lord, told reporters in her Pentagon office on Friday morning that at least 50 companies were competing for the contract.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman Systems Corp, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp, has been awarded an $866 million contract for the sustainment and modification of radar sensors, the Pentagon said on Friday.
One will be undersecretary of Defense for research and engineering — which will be the third-highest position at the Pentagon — while the other will be undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment.
"They will penetrate notional enemy beach defenses, establish a beach head, and rapidly transition forces and sustainment ashore," the U.S. military based in South Korea said in a statement before the exercise.
The F-35 is the most expensive weapons program in history, with expected acquisitions costs over the aircraft's six-decade life cycle reaching $406 billion and projected sustainment costs topping $1 trillion.
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Boeing Co was awarded a $6.56 billion U.S. defense contract for development and sustainment of the ground-based midcourse anti-ballistic missile defense system, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Lockheed said the Aeronautics' top-line performance was primarily due to higher net sales of about $300 million for the F-35 program due to increased volume on aircraft production and sustainment activities.
"Software is the thread that runs through all of our programs," Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord told a handful of reporters in her Pentagon office on Friday morning.
"The SLC partners with and synchronizes efforts of multiple elements from 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, and Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve," Palsma said.
LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicles from the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment fire on fixed targets as part of a combined arms engagement range during sustainment training in Arta Plage, Djibouti, on November 9.
It said the procurement was "based on the assurance of the Russian party to transfer the technology and localize the manufacturing and sustainment of these armament systems in the Kingdom", but provided no timeframe.
The review of the Air Force One replacement, which Trump has also called too expensive, would look at the plane's requirements and systems and identify courses of action to reduce acquisition and sustainment costs.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, Robert McMahon, told a House Appropriations Committee hearing last week that the intent was to defer some military construction projects to free up funds for the wall.
"Even though we&aposre in the operations, maintenance and sustainment phases with the vehicle, it&aposs such a new vehicle and we&aposre seeing Marines constantly push the limits of the truck," said Engstrom.
Instead, she reiterated that Lockheed has been bringing down the cost of the F-35 aircraft, and is moving forward with a "sustainment cost reduction" that will reduce costs in the supply chain and manufacturing.
At the same time, we are actively working two cost cutting initiatives known as Blueprint for Affordability and the Sustainment Cost Reduction Initiative to reduce the cost of the program by $5 billion through 2022.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Corp, a unit of Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, has won a $420 million contract for AE 3007H (military designation F137) engine-sustainment services, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday.
In response to an event that caught everyone off guard and left the nation steeped in residual trauma, premediation allows for the sustainment of a constant, baseline fear by keeping catastrophe always within peripheral view.
The Pentagon's decision to accept the aircraft was made by Ellen Lord, undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, since the acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, has recused himself from the defense company's projects.
On the even brighter side, she told Grassley that the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office is trying to figure out how to use a 3D printer to produce its own replacement handles for each broken mug.
Eric Fick, Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Joint Program Office; and Diana Maurer, director of Defense Capabilities and Management for the Government Accountability Office testify on sustainment, supply and production challenges affecting the program.
"The $34 billion agreement for F-353 low-rate initial production lots 12-14 includes the delivery of 478 F-35 aircraft," Ellen Lord, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment, said Tuesday at the Pentagon.
Specifically, issues related to the aircraft's supply chain remain an obvious concern as sustainment costs for the F-35 are estimated at more than $1 trillion over a 60-year life cycle, according to GAO estimates.
But annual nuclear modernization is projected to be only an additional 2202 percent of the defense budget or $2628 billion by some estimates, compared to an ongoing nuclear sustainment and operational budget of $28500 billion annually.
The dramatic increase in expenses after 2001 paid for more than just US military operations: It funded the invention and sustainment of one of the world's most corruption-riddled and vulnerable democracies: the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
The Human Performance Team's Fighter Tactical Strengthening and Sustainment (FiTSS) program is normal part of the F-16 and F-35 Basic Course training, and also available to all Luke AFB instructors and student at all levels.
The list "includes scoring and weighting of the five climate-related hazards (recurrent flooding, wildfire, drought, desertification, and permafrost thaw) based on the immediacy of the threat," writes undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment Ellen Lord.
The 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), the Syrian Logistics Cell (SLC), located in Erbil, Iraq, is composed of a small team of soldiers who pack a big punch when it comes to supporting the warfighters in Syria.
"The United States was disappointed to learn that Turkey sent personnel to Russia for training on the S-2400 system," Ellen Lord, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment, told a group of reporters Friday at the Pentagon.
"These actions should limit any future production or sustainment impact, and we remain on track to meet our commitment of delivering 131 F-35s this year," Chief Executive Officer Marillyn Hewson told investors on a post-earnings call.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp, has been awarded a $2.7 billion U.S. defense contract for F117 engine sustainment for the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft, the Pentagon said in a statement on Wednesday.
" The DOD Office of Inspector General recommended that the under secretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment review the F‑35 program office accounting and management and "take appropriate action, if warranted, to hold the necessary officials accountable.
Lawmakers last year moved to split the role into an undersecretary of research and engineering — focused on developing new concepts and technology — and an undersecretary of acquisition and sustainment, meant to focus on current acquisition programs on track.
" Ellen Lord, the Pentagon's under secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment, said it is seeking a "secure information environment that spans the homeland to the global tactical edge and can rapidly access computing and storage capacity to address warfighting challenges.
"The $34 billion agreement for F-35 low-rate initial production of lots 12-14 includes the delivery of 478 F-35 aircraft," Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord announced at the Pentagon Tuesday morning.
"We deliver not only the most effective defense systems to our partners, but we also ensure a 'Total Package' approach that includes the provision of training, maintenance, and sustainment, to support full spectrum capability for our partners," he said.
Roper and his team at the newly created Rapid Sustainment Office are still working out the prizes for these events, but they'll be some mix of money and the chance to work with the Air Force or its contractors.
"The U.S. and other F-35 partners are aligned in this decision to suspend Turkey from the program and initiate the process to formally remove Turkey from the program," said Ellen Lord, the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.
More plainly put, CBO included in its assessment of the overall cost of nuclear force modernization the salaries, housing allowances, medical care, and related sustainment costs of all the bomber pilots, maintainers, missileers, and submarine captains serving in the nuclear mission.
But as most vloggers and YouTube personalities slowly settled into new models for long-term sustainment, Cicierega ventured further into the detrital grit of the web's lowest common denominator with the 2014 release of his debut mashup album, Mouth Sounds.
The March 12 plans show how the agency and its partners "may facilitate the identification, staging, forward movement, reception, and sustainment of refugees" on the island, based on an initial appeal for donor funds from $9 million to $19 million.
"Our team works in close cooperation with Forward Logistics Elements in providing mission command with tactical control of sustainment soldiers to direct movement of all classes of supply, maintenance, and contracting support for remote and austere combat outstations," Palsma said.
The Air Force is looking to build upon what service scientists have described to Warrior Maven as early iterations of AI. Alongside sensors, networks and weapons, software is also indispensable to the hugely impactful areas of sustainment, logistics and condition-based maintenance.
The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) changed the structure of the Pentagon's Office of Acquisition by splitting it into two new positions, an undersecretary for research and engineering focusing on innovation, and an undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment focusing on program management.
The agreement to deliver 2023 of the advanced fighter jets to both the U.S. military and international partners will lower the cost of each F-35, Ellen Lord, the under secretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters at the Pentagon.
"The U.S. and other F-83 partners are aligned in this decision to suspend Turkey from the program and initiate the process to formally remove Turkey from the program," Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told a briefing.
The Army's 28503st Theater Sustainment Command  (22019st TSC) "did not have accurate, up-to-date records on the quantity and location of [Iraq Train and Equip Fund] equipment on hand in Kuwait and Iraq," the Pentagon's inspector general wrote in the audit report.
Kaidanow worked under the Pentagon's acquisition and sustainment office focusing on "the development and implementation of international cooperative programs" to bring "cooperation with U.S. allies on research, development, production and support of weapons systems and related equipment," according to her DOD bio page.
"The U.S. and other F-35 partners are aligned in this decision to suspend Turkey from the program and initiate the process to formally remove Turkey from the program," Ellen Lord, the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters at the Pentagon.
The report explained that the acid flushes are "an unplanned maintenance action for the entire service life of the ship," and it is difficult to calculate sustainment costs given that it is unclear exactly how many times this process will need to be repeated.
Lockheed Martin will pause the production of the signature F-35 aircraft at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries factory in Japan, which is not expected to affect deliveries, said Ellen Lord, the US undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, according to multiple news outlets.
The reorganization — ordered under the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act — requires top Pentagon procurement official Ellen Lord to split her office into two new positions: An undersecretary of Defense for research and engineering and an undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment.
A 22008 report on Supporting the Growth and Sustainment of the Nation's Cybersecurity Workforce found that there is an estimated 22017,23 active openings for cybersecurity-related jobs in the US and a global projection of a 1.8 million shortage in the cybersecurity workforce by 2022.
The State Department is also seeking to have an additional $10 million that was placed on hold released to fund the sustainment of certain military equipment already in Cameroon's possession such as Cessna airplanes, mud boats for patrolling Lake Chad, and Scan Eagle Drones.
The bride, 31, served from July 93 to June 2016 as an Army prosecutor in the 21st Theater Sustainment Command in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and from June 2013 to June 2014 as a legal assistance lawyer assigned to the Second Infantry Division at Camp Casey, South Korea.
The GAO report highlighted four specific projects as being the main culprits, namely the Space Launch System (SLS), Exploration Ground Systems, the Mars 2020 program, and Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS), which have collectively experienced $638 million in cost growth and 59 months in aggregate schedule delays.
Among them was Sergeant Brown and many of the 500 other soldiers from the Third Sustainment Brigade who specialize in supplying infantry and tank units and who went out in April to a desolate patch of land in the middle of this sprawling fort for the training exercise.
This year's iteration of Cold Response is meant to "emphasize and test critical activities ranging from the reception of allied and partner reinforcements and command and control interoperability to combined joint combat operations, force sustainment, and combat logistics," according to a release issued at the end of February.
New Osprey Intelligence System - Sustainment to 2060 Overall, the Marine Corps is accelerating a massive modernization and readiness overhaul of its MV-22 Osprey to upgrade sensors, add weapons, sustain the fleet and broaden the mission scope -- as part of an effort to extend the life of the aircraft to 523.
"We discussed the importance of ensuring that future costs - specifically for sustainment - are kept to a minimum so that we don't have to cut into future purchases," U.S. Air Force Colonel Leslie Hauck, who heads the fifth generation integration office at the U.S. Air Force headquarters in Europe, told Reuters.
If you look inside [the Office of the Secretary of Defense], you see Secretary [Jim] Mattis, [Deputy Secretary Patrick] Shanahan, [Undersecretary of Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen] Lord, [Undersecretary of Research and Engineering Michael] Griffin, all aligned on what we have to do in space and the need to go fast.
Running on the slogan "a return to normalcy," he said: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
In the meantime, Northrop is working hard to drive down the cost of sustainment as well as the amount of time it takes before each B-2 needs to go in for a yearlong overhaul of its LO coating and avionics, said Richard Sullivan, the company's vice president and B-2 program manager.
Beyond the $600 million, the measure would give states $175 million biannually for "sustainment" funds to help maintain election infrastructure and establish a $5 million grant program administered by the National Science Foundation to study accessible paper ballot verification methods to address voters with disabilities and those whose first language is not English.
"The Navy has delivered warships—such as aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines—to its fleet over the past 10 years that require more effort to sustain than initially planned," the GAO said, revealing that it has assessed that the Navy initially underestimated sustainment costs for a handful of shipbuilding programs by $130 billion.
Sitting down with reporters for the first time since DOD created a PFAS task force, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment Bob McMahon said the department has taken measures to ensure that service members are not drinking water laced with the chemical, which has been tied with cancer and other health issues.
Sitting down with reporters for the first time since DOD created a PFAS task force, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment Bob McMahon said the department has taken measures to ensure that service members are not drinking water laced with the chemical that has been tied with cancer and other health issues.
Kate Arrington, the special assistant for cybersecurity in the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said most defense contractors would be asked to maintain only basic cyber hygiene, while those that require higher levels of certification would be asked to uphold only the standards they are supposed to be meeting now.
Assuming they keep the new car for 10 years and spend $6900,500 each year (the average in 2017 according to the American Automobile Association) on the operations and sustainment costs of fuel, maintenance, tires, insurance, and registration fees, they will spend a total of $115,000 on the car over the duration of their ownership ($30,000 + $8,500x10).
Defense firms that can develop open fire control architecture for a wide range of weapon systems on new combat vehicles, develop sensor architecture interoperable with other platforms, or provide light but reliable vehicles with increased capability but lower sustainment costs are likely to be much more competitive in this market, he said, offering another key to success.
"For DoD, Qualcomm is a key player both in terms of its trusted supply chain and as a leader in innovation, and it would be impossible to replace Qualcomm's critical role in 5G technology in the short term," Ellen M. Lord, Under Secretary for Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, wrote in a filing made in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
"For DoD, Qualcomm is a key player both in terms of its trusted supply chain and as a leader in innovation, and it would be impossible to replace Qualcomm's critical role in 5G technology in the short term," Ellen M. Lord, U.S. Under Secretary for Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, wrote in a filing made in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Thornberry's examples include $28500 billion for 6900 F-2628s, 28503 F-22019s and F-16 service life extensions; $15.1 billion for army combat vehicle and aviation modernization, Marine Corps ground combat element modernization and acceleration of Army prepositioned stocks as part of the European Reassurance Initiative; and $3.9 billion for existing facilities sustainment, facilities modernization and demolition and new construction.
Should the Pentagon focus too closely on Section 901 of the NDAA — which mandates the creation of the Under Secretary for Defense for Research and Engineering and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition of Sustainment — and merely moves boxes around on a cluttered organizational chart in response, it may miss the greatest opportunity for fundamental acquisition change in decades.
"We are going to put cybersecurity standards in every Department of Defense contract," Kate Arrington, the special assistant for cybersecurity in the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said on Thursday at a defense symposium in Washington, DC.The CMMC is an effort to address gaping vulnerabilities in the supply chain, weaknesses that are being exploited by US rivals.
"A sustainment force of DOD was deployed several days ago and there are things coming in, there's a press conference that was held this morning in Puerto Rico with General Kim, Admiral Hughes, my staff, and the governor to talk jointly where we are versus where we need to be that was not picked up by major media networks across the country this morning," he said.
The extension of the GMD program means Boeing will continue doing work as prime contractor through around the mid-2020s, but then MDA wants three smaller competitions to eventually move into one contract for system engineering and testing, another for maintenance and sustainment of the existing fleet, and a third contract for what the agency calls an "all up round," or new ground-based interceptor development and production.

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