Budget
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ArmyReductions in USMC Force Structure Won’t Affect Plans to Buy 5,500 JLTVs
The Marine Corps is still looking at buying 5,500 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles even though sequestration cuts are driving the service to lower its expected force structure, a program official […]
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Air ForceAir Force Acquires BAE Systems’ Workflow Improvement Module For Xplorer GXP
BAE Systems has entered into an agreement to supply the Air Force with access to the company’s Workflow Improvement Module, an add-on license that integrates BAE Systems’ advanced geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) […]
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BudgetProtest Outcomes On Key Navy Programs Facing Possible Delay, GAO Says
Decisions that had been expected this month on protests over two major Navy contract awards could be delayed by more than two weeks because of the government shutdown that prompted […]
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Air Force
Air Force Awards Boeing, Raytheon Nearly $2 Million In FAB-T Production Contracts
The Air Force recently awarded Boeing [BA] and Raytheon [RTN], competitors for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program, contracts worth nearly $1.9 million for production work, according […]
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Air Force
Air Force Pursuing Air Launched Cruise Missile Replacement
The Air Force is performing market research for possible offerors in the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) program, which is responsible for procuring a nuclear-capable cruise missile that will replace the […]
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Budget
Continuing Resolution Includes Potential Funding To Maintain JPSS, GOES Launch Schedules
The continuing resolution (CR) signed yesterday by President Barack Obama to open the federal government through no later than Jan. 15 includes potential funding that may be apportioned up to […]
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Budget
CR Restricts Military Acquisition, Could Harm Industrial Base
Defense Department employees may be back at work after a 16-day government shutdown, but there’s still a backlog of inspections and purchasing-related paperwork to tackle, and the funding mechanism that […]
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Budget
Final Senate Compromise Bill Lacks Flexibility for Sequestration Implementation
The Senate compromise to reopen the federal government and lift the debt ceiling does not appear to grant any relief to government departments implementing rigid sequestration cuts, despite top Senate […]
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Air Force
DoD Must Eliminate Hurdles To Innovative COMSATCOM Business Deals, Air Force Says
The Defense Department, and, where appropriate, Congress, must eliminate hurdles that inhibit it from exercising innovative commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements that enable more efficient and responsive acquisition of […]
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Budget
Senate Wants to Include Sequester Flexibility in its Plan to Reopen Government
Senate leaders working on a compromise to open the government and raise the debt limit hope to include flexibility in implementing sequestration cuts–which military leaders have begged for months –though […]