Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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BudgetCongressional Armed Services Committees to Angle for Higher Defense Budget in FY17
The Bipartisan Budget Agreement might not preclude a fight in fiscal year 2017 over Pentagon spending, as the chairmen of both congressional armed services committees want to see a greater […]
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Air ForceAir Force Official Looks to Speed Up Foreign Sales as Middle East Clamors to Buy U.S. Weapons
Middle Eastern allies and partners are “desperate” to buy U.S.-made weapons and military equipment, but U.S. restrictions on foreign military sales (FMS) could leave countries like the United Arab Emirates […]
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CongressSenate Panel Considers Changes to Goldwater-Nichols Act
Thirty years ago, the Goldwater-Nichols Act restructured the Defense Department by giving greater authority to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and changing the chain of command in […]
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Budget
Congress Passes NDAA For a Second Time
The fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill has been passed, vetoed, modified, and now–after being passed by the Senate on Tuesday morning–it will once again head to President Barack Obama’s […]
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Navy/USMCNew CNO Calls For More Risk, Experimentation in Acquisition Process
New Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson wants to Navy to fail more—that is, he wants to see the service take more risk during the early stages of weapon […]
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CongressNavy to Experience Additional Carrier Gaps in 2016
The Navy, which has been operating without an aircraft carrier in the Middle East since the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) moved out of the Persian Gulf last month, expects […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin’s Supplemental JLTV Protests Won’t Affect Timeline of GAO Decision
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has filed two supplemental protests to its original protest on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle award, but that is unlikely to delay the adjudication timeline for the […]
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BudgetNDAA Passes in House, but Democrats Block Defense Approps Bill as Talk of Shutdown Reignites
The House on Thursday passed the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill in a bipartisan, landslide 370-58 vote, but dreams of a more bipartisan Congress turned out to be shortlived […]
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ArmyArmy Investigation to Determine Future of JLENS
Days after an embarrassing mishap when a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) aerostat broke free of its tether and drifted away, the Pentagon has suspended […]
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ArmyArmy Demand For Open Architecture Systems Growing, But Much Work Still Ahead
As technologies develop at a quicker pace than ever before, it will be critical for the Army to invent open architecture weapons, computers and equipment that can be quickly upgraded […]
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