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Dan Parsons
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ArmyArmy Seeks Nearly $30 Million Boost To Buy Vehicle Active Protection Systems
Included in an Army request to shuffle $916 million in fiscal year 2016 dollars among accounts is $27.8 million to fast track the purchase and installation of active protection systems […]
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Air ForceNATO Shows Off Global Hawk Surveillance Drone At Warsaw Summit
NATO’s first wide-area ground-surveillance unmanned aircraft is on display in Warsaw, Poland, for the alliance’s ongoing Summit. A modified Northrop Grumman [NOC] Global Hawk, the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) […]
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ArmyBetter Business Practices Could Ease Army Tension Between Readiness And Modernization
Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy is looking for efficiencies in the way the service does business to redirect wasted funding to near- and long-term readiness. “Every dollar saved through […]
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BudgetHASC Hears Case For Consolidating Innovation Under Single Senior Defense Official
In order to overtake the pace at which potential adversaries Russia and China are developing military technologies, the Defense Department needs to consolidate its innovation efforts under a single, very […]
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Air ForceAt Least 8,400 U.S. Troops Will Stay In Afghanistan Into 2017
At least 8,400 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan through the end of the Obama administration, which will nearly coincide with the conflict’s 15th anniversary. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday […]
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InternationalNATO Allies To Increase Defense Spending In 2016 After Seven-Year Slide
Canada and the European members of NATO are expected to increase their overall defense spending by about 3 percent, or $8 billion in 2016. Spending on defense by alliance members […]
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ArmyUPDATED: Army’s M113 Replacement Design Gets Stamp Of Approval
Just one year after contract award, the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) quietly passed an important development milestone earlier this month, another deliberate step in the no-drama program to replace […]
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Navy/USMCHuge Air, Sea Rescue Operation Oversaw Sailors’ January Capture By Iran
The capture of two riverine boats and 10 Navy sailors by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in January triggered a “robust” search-and-rescue response from U.S. forces stationed in the region, including […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Capacity, Multinational Interoperability Remain Obstacles To Pacific Cooperative Amphibious Operations
A greater emphasis by allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region on amphibious military capabilities could eventually relieve the burden on the Navy and Marine Corps, but in the short-term […]
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ArmyArmy Secretary Fanning Champions Acquisition Reform To Keep Up With Industry
Newly confirmed Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning said Tuesday the current push for acquisition reform has a reasonable chance of success and could help the service keep pace with […]