Mai Hanoon
Articles By Mai
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CongressSenators Won’t Drop Hold on Navy Under Secretary Nomination Due to Sexual Assault Comments
Two senators who placed a hold on the nomination of Jo Ann Rooney to be the next under secretary of the Navy made clear they would not lift that hold […]
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BudgetHagel Outlines 6 Priorities to Guide Budget Cuts, DoD Reform Efforts
Steep budget cuts may create many challenges for the Defense Department, but they also highlight areas for reform that the Department would be remiss not to act on, Defense Secretary […]
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Budget
Wittman To Host Military Readiness Briefings For House Leadership, Budget Conferees
House Armed Services readiness subcommittee chairman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) arranged two briefings with Pentagon officials for House leadership and for congressmen serving on the budget conference committee to learn about […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin, Navy, MDA Complete Light Off for Second Aegis Ashore System
The second Aegis Ashore system reached operational readiness on Oct. 24, completing its “light off” and allowing a team of Navy, Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials to […]
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Budget
Senate 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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Congress
HASC Launches Pacific Pivot Oversight Series, Could Spur Broader Action
The House Armed Services Committee launched an Asia-Pacific Oversight Series this week with the intent of ensuring that the military portion of the Pacific pivot is conducted with the right […]
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Budget
HASC 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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ArmyArmy To Host Special Tech Demo for Lockheed Martin’s Truck Autonomy System in Urban Mock-up
The Army added an additional test event to Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) program, asking the company to bring three sensored trucks to Fort Hood in January […]
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Army
APKWS Finishes Testing on 3 Fixed-Wing Platforms, Apache Helo For Qualification
BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System variants for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft both hit major milestones recently, with the fixed-wing variant wrapping up a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) […]
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Army Industrial Base Study Leads to Changes in PIM Acquisition Strategy
A new Army study of its armored vehicle industrial base focuses on the “minimum sustaining rate” as a way to both protect vendors and keep costs down for the military, […]