Budget
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BudgetDIA Issues Draft RFP For Potential $6 Billion E-SITE Information Technology Contract
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) to solicit potential bidders for its potential $6 billion Enhanced Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (E-SITE) […]
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BudgetSenate Dems Won’t Remove Defense Sequester Without Ditching Domestic Cuts Too, Warner Says
Lawmakers have expressed a range of opinions on how to handle sequestration cuts to defense spending: some want Congress to keep the dollar amount of the cuts in place but […]
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BudgetDHS Awards Thermopylae Potential $98 Million Geospatial Services Deal
Geospatial services provider Thermopylae Sciences & Technology said it has been awarded a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blanket purpose agreement (BPA) that could be worth $98 million for Geospatial […]
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BudgetF-35 Conducts First Live-Fire Weapons Test
An F-35A executed the program’s first live-fire launch of a guided air-to-air missile one day after it successfully delivered an unarmed weapon against a ground target, the Defense Department said […]
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BudgetDARPA Reaching Challenging RF Frequencies With Vacuum Electronic Devices
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is making progress toward reaching a challenging portion of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum with a pair of programs involving vacuum electronic devices […]
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Air ForceAir Force Expands DEAMS To Additional Four Bases
The Air Force earlier this month fielded its controversial Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) to four additional locations with a goal of expanding DEAMS capability to all active, […]
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BudgetHASC Takes on DoD Acquisition Policy With Hearing to Kick Off Reform Effort
The House Armed Services Committee will tackle a defense acquisition reform effort, led by committee vice chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.), which may include some […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Approves Bills On TSA Acquisition, Cyber Workforce, Critical Infrastructure R&D
The House Homeland Security Committee yesterday marked up and unanimously approved a series of bills aimed at improving the acquisition process at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), assessing the cyber […]
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BudgetB61 Nuclear Bomb Superior To B83 For Future Investment, Kehler Says
While the B83 nuclear gravity bomb could accomplish the same tasks as the B61, the B61 is the better investment for future United States nuclear deterrence, the head of the […]
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Air ForceBoeing, Lockheed Martin Teaming For Air Force’s Long Range Strike Bomber
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Friday they’ll team to pursue the Air Force’s next-generation Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) program with Boeing acting as the prime contractor and […]