Robert Levinson
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Embattled VA Health Care System May Merge With Pentagon’s (1)
Embattled VA Health Care System May Merge With Pentagon’s. The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs may be considering merging parts of their two health care programs in a move that could alter how about 19 million military personnel, retirees, dependents and veterans receive care. → Read More
Implications of Denuclearizing North Korea
Bloomberg Government’s Senior Defense Analyst Rob Levinson sat down with former Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins to discuss what the prospects were for success in concluding a denuclearization agreement, what the outline of an agreement might look like, and what the US might be willing to give North Korea in return for the forfeiture of its nuclear arsenal. → Read More
CIA to Use Amazon Cloud to Run Big Data Intelligence Experiments
The Central Intelligence Agency is looking to team up with industry experts to run a series of open-source intelligence projects using its Amazon cloud. → Read More
Air Force Issues ‘Challenge’ to Find Base Security Technology
The Pentagon issued a call for innovative technologies to protect fixed sites such permanent Air Force bases, temporary sites that may be only in place for an hour or so, and assets and personnel on the move. → Read More
Using BGOV Tools to Evaluate Global Supply Chain Risk
The U.S. Department of Defense is refining its focus on global IT supply chains in the age of cyber warfare and is seeking to better understand the role of Chinese companies, while preventing the infiltration of that nation’s technology into U.S. military data systems. → Read More
Eliminating Defense Agencies Could Put $7B in Contracts at Risk
About $7 billion worth of contracts to companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. could be on the chopping block under legislation drafted by Rep. Mac Thornberry, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. → Read More
Pentagon’s $2 Trillion Buying Spree Benefits These 17 Companies
The Pentagon will have spent almost $2 trillion by the time it finishes buying all the major weapons systems it has committed to, with much of the money going into the coffers of just 17 companies. → Read More
Boeing Is Winner as Pentagon Surprises With More Satellites
The Pentagon will build and launch more of its own satellites in a win for companies such as Boeing Co., and potentially Elon Musk’s SpaceX or United Launch Alliance LLC, and a possible setback from suppliers of global communications networks such as Iridium Communications Inc. → Read More
Pentagon’s Slow Deployment of New Planes Spurs Maintenance Need
Opportunities for companies that maintain military aircraft are likely to expand as Pentagon procurement programs for new aircraft such as the Navy’s MQ-25 tanker drone or the Army’s Future Vertical Lift helicopter face delays. → Read More
Air Force Retiring Predator, the Drone That Changed the World
The Predator, the unmanned aerial vehicle that redefined the U.S. military’s combat tactics while executing thousands of missions... → Read More
Defense Spending by the Numbers
President Donald Trump plans to seek $716 billion for defense in his fiscal 2019 budget request, which is expected on or around Feb. 12. → Read More
The Coast Guard Wants a New Ship to Break the Ice
The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard on Oct. 19 released a draft request for proposal (RFP) for the Heavy Polar Icebreaker Program (HPIB) calling for one new ship with the option of two more. → Read More
Army market budgets and opportunities breakfast
The Army’s budgets and programs are focused on high-end combat capabilities... → Read More
DOD's Strategic Capabilities Office seeks advanced research
A recent U.S. Department of Defense document could signal opportunities to supply advanced technologies that will make the difference in future wars. → Read More
Trump has three North Korea options
As the world tries to process the news that North Korea probably can put a nuclear weapon on an ICBM and President Donald Trump trades barbs with Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, the real question is: What happens now? → Read More
Analyzing the fiscal 2018 defense budget request
Bloomberg government analysts presented a webinar on President Trump’s fiscal 2018 defense budget request. See both a big-picture view and details on the priorities of the individual military services. → Read More
5 ways a government shutdown would impact contractors
Congress and President Donald Trump face an April 28 deadline for enacting legislation to fund the government for the remainder of fiscal 2017. Here's what government contractors need to know. → Read More
Defense contracts may see $27.5 billion boost in Trump budget
President Donald Trump is requesting a big boost to military spending in the fiscal 2018 budget request blueprint. Of the proposed $52.3 billion increase for the Pentagon about $27.5 billion will flow to contractors. → Read More
Trump Administration Makes Its First Move to Build Border Wall
President Donald Trump’s administration is soliciting ideas from contractors on how to build its promised wall between the U.S. and Mexico, a first tangible step toward delivering on the president’s signature campaign promise to curb unauthorized immigration. → Read More
The Pentagon's new weapon against ISIS: Social media
A new authority given to the Pentagon opens potential opportunities for contractors developing technologies designed to monitor, analyze and disseminate content through social media. → Read More