Army
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Air ForceAmos Wants F-35 STOVL Off Two-Year Probation
By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps’ top officer told lawmakers yesterday he is closely monitoring development of his service’s variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and hopes to remove […]
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Air ForceDefense Spending Bill On Senate Floor This Week
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to debate this week a defense appropriations bill for the remainder of this fiscal year that would cut $17.3 billion from President Barack’s […]
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Air ForceHouse To Weigh Two-Week Budget Funding DoD At Last Year’s Levels
By Emelie Rutherford The Republican-controlled House is slated to debate a two-week budget extension today that would maintain the Pentagon at last year’s budget levels and prevent a government shutdown […]
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ArmyInformation Sharing, Interoperability With Biometric Databases Improving, Officials Say
By Calvin Biesecker Information sharing and interoperability among several United States government agencies in the area of biometric databases continues to improve, further closing gaps in unwanted individuals entering and […]
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ArmyNew Biometrics Head Working To "Institutionalize" Long-Term Efforts
By Calvin Biesecker The new head of the Army’s Biometrics Identity Management Agency (BIMA) is working to transition the military’s biometrics programs, capabilities, and processes from a rapid- reaction effort […]
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Air ForceHouse, Senate Clash Over Budget With Engine, EFV Changes
By Emelie Rutherford House and Senate leaders continued to clash yesterday over how to proceed with the current year’s budget, leaving in doubt a House measure that could end both […]
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Air ForceHouse Shoots Down F-35 Engine As HASC Questions DoD Tactics
By Emelie Rutherford The House voted to kill funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine yesterday as a congressional panel questioned if the Pentagon illegally lobbied lawmakers to […]
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Air ForceTop Defense-Minded Lawmaker Receptive To EFV, F-35 Cuts
By Emelie Rutherford Some of the Pentagon budget cuts Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed yesterday, related to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and an amphibious vehicle, have early support from […]
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ArmyCubic To Acquire Supply Chain Management Consulting Firm
Adding to its expertise in supply chain and logistics management, Cubic Corp. [CUB] yesterday said that it has agreed to acquire the supply chain management consulting firm XIO Strategies, Inc., […]
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Air ForceCongress Passes Gov Funding Bill With LCS Change, F-35 Engine
By Emelie Rutherford President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday a temporary federal budget bill that allows the Navy to change its acquisition strategy for littoral ships and keeps the F-35 second […]