Army
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Air ForceNew DoD Energy Plans Tied To DoE, White House
By Emelie Rutherford A senior Pentagon official emphasized efforts yesterday to lessen the military’s energy footprint, including adding energy performance parameters into the requirements process for new weapons and collaborating […]
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Air Force
Pentagon May Buy Weapons In Advance For Partner Nations
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is considering buying U.S. weapon systems in advance that it anticipates partner nations will request in the future, a senior official said. Richard Genaille, deputy […]
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Air Force
Final FY’11 Defense Bill Unveiled With F-35, Missile Defense Cuts
By Emelie Rutherford The House is expected to vote tonight on the last-minute federal budget Democrats and Republicans agreed to late last week, a massive plan unveiled early yesterday morning […]
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Air Force
Gov’t Shutdown Averted After Deal Struck On DoD Budget
By Emelie Rutherford Congressional leaders announced late last Friday they reached a deal that would prevent the federal government from shutting down that night at midnight, after they agreed to […]
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Air Force
Pentagon Prepares For Shutdown As Obama Rejects House Defense Bill
By Emelie Rutherford Facing the possibility of a government shutdown tomorrow, a top Pentagon official provided details yesterday on how the military workforce would operate without a budget. Deputy Defense […]
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ArmyReconfigured Strykers Poised For Delivery To Afghanistan
By Emelie Rutherford The Army has Stryker vehicles redesigned with double-V-shaped hulls ready in South Carolina to be shipped to troops in Afghanistan, service officials told a Senate panel yesterday. […]
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Air Force
Obama, Dems Balk At New House GOP Plan With Full Defense Budget
By Emelie Rutherford With a federal government shutdown looming after Friday, House Republicans are facing significant opposition to their plan to fund the Pentagon for the rest of fiscal year […]
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Air Force
Carter Establishing More Formal System For Speedy War Acquisitions
By Emelie Rutherford As the Pentagon grapples with congressional resistance to reprogramming funding in its coffers, a top defense official said yesterday he is working to make more formal processes […]
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Air Force
Lawmakers Eye Defense Add-Ons To Latest Temporary Fed Budget
By Emelie Rutherford As Congress prepares to take up yet another temporary federal budget extension this week, defense-minded lawmakers are trying to attach Pentagon policy measures to the bare- bones […]
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Army
Army: Will Work With Industry About Breaks In Vehicles’ Production Lines
By Emelie Rutherford Army officials told concerned lawmakers yesterday they are weighing how to work with industry when the service plans to pause production of three key vehicles. Rep. Silvestre […]