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Dan Parsons
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ArmyTRADOC Chief: Army Acquisition System Ill Suited For Acquiring Necessary Future Capabilities
The Army identified six capability sets it will need to fight future conflicts, but neither its acquisition system, nor its program management structure, is designed to deliver those technologies, according […]
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ArmyPentagon IG Finds Safety Concerns With Deploying Army Paladin Vehicles
The Army’s Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program risks deploying vehicles that do not meet performance requirements and could endanger crew members, according to an audit report from the Defense Department […]
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BudgetFive Years After Budget Control Act, Industry Is Far From Doomsday Scenario Predicted
Five years ago, on the eve of passage of the Budget Control Act, then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta wrote a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee warning of a […]
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ArmyFormer Chief Army Weapon Buyer Bets Big On Robots As Future Of Ground Combat
Robots will have a big role in the future of ground combat, but that won’t be possible until the systems are widely adopted by infantry forces to perform missions other […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Will Ground F/A-18s For 24 Hours After Several Aging Aircraft Crash
Within the next week, the Marine Corps will ground its entire fleet of F/A-18 Hornet jets for 24 hours to evaluated the health of the aircraft and evaluate training and […]
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BudgetNeither Clinton Nor Trump Can Fix Defense Spending Caps Without Agreement With Congress
Whoever is sworn in as president in January, the new chief executive will have less than a year to make a deal with Congress or watch the military’s budget be […]
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ArmyAM General Tallies Another $356 Million in Humvee Contracts
Humveee manufacturer AM General brought home a $356 million contract to build 1,673 of the trucks in two variants for the Afghan National Army and Police. The contract, awarded by […]
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PentagonPentagon’s New Tech Innovation Unit Could Speed Up Traditional Acquisition Process
BOSTON – There is an expectation that out of its new fast-track technology outreach offices will come lessons that will help defense acquisition as a whole deal more quickly and […]
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Air ForceMilitary Recruit Data Going Digital To Streamline Processing, Save Money Cut Waste
CHICAGO – Efforts are underway to bring the clerical process of joining the military out of the analogue age by dispensing with questionnaires and paperwork that are largely unchanged since […]
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ArmyNew General Applies Fresh Eyes, New Tech To Destruction Of Islamic State
POPE ARMY AIR FIELD, N.C. – Soldiers of the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps have begun deploying to Kuwait and should have fully assumed their role leading the counter-ISIL campaign by […]