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Defense Department officials are gearing up to comply with a new law calling for reorganization of the department’s acquisitions and technology office.

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The Defense Department gave about $1.2 million worth of military equipment to a phony law enforcement agency set up by a government watchdog agency.

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The State Department approved a $295.6 million sale of machine guns, mortar systems, trucks, and other military equipment to Iraq on Wednesday.

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Defense contractor Orbital ATK said Heckler & Koch failed to fill a $27 million contract for producing prototype XM25 weapons for the U.S. Army.

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Shares of Smith & Wesson stock fell by $2 at the end of trading Monday after the U.S. Army rejected the company’s bid to replace the M9 service pistol.

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The National Institute of Justice has asked for public feedback on the generic baseline specifications for law enforcement service pistols equipped with a smart safety device.

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The Defense Department will narrow the list of bidders throwing in to supply the U.S. Army with a new official handgun in 2016’s third quarter.

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The Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, recently toured the propulsion laboratory at the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake.

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Rocio Galarza, with the Sesame Workshop, said they hope the materials can be used to help military children grow smarter, stronger and kinder.

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The VA wants to study the brains of individuals when they are both living and deceased in an effort to better understand – and in turn diagnose and treat – a variety of mental health conditions.

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Many of these expenses are for maintenance but may indicate an interest in moving to a smaller, increasingly mechanized military.

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There’s nothing worse than a zombie apocalypse. Just ask Rick Grimes, or Max Brooks, or Brad Pitt. But should hoards of undead ever roam the streets in search of human flesh, the U.S. military has a detailed plan on how to stay alive. The Defense Department worked up a Max Brooks zombie survival guide called […]

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