Army
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Air ForceDefense Approps Nears Senate Passage
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate neared final passage of the defense appropriations bill last night after accepting amendments including one requiring the Pentagon report to Congress on ground-based interceptor missiles. […]
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Air ForceCongress Squabbles Over DoD Budget Bills As Fiscal Year Starts
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers continued debating the Pentagon’s two budget bills yesterday, hashing out whether to include controversial funding for C-17 cargo aircraft and a second engine for the F-35 […]
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ArmyATK, Lockheed Martin Win Downselect For Navy’s JATAS Effort
By Geoff Fein The Navy last week awarded ATK [ATK] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] $30 million each to design, develop and demonstrate a prototype for an advanced missile warning system […]
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ArmyMcHugh Confirmed As New Army Secretary
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate confirmed Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) as the next Army secretary on Wednesday night, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as the service’s […]
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ArmyMullen: New Law Not End of Acquisition Reforms Needed At DoD
By Emelie Rutherford The top U.S. military officer told lawmakers additional reforms to Pentagon weapons-development processes are being considered, and called for a requirements-setting board to focus more on combatant […]
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ArmyDoD Ups M-ATV Requirement By 1,400, Boosts Oshkosh Orders
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon increased its requirement for a new breed of all-terrain mine-resistant trucks by 1,400 vehicles late last week as U.S. troops in Afghanistan face an increasing […]
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Air ForceDoD Appeals Vehicle, Ship Cuts In Auth Bills
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon, in a second round of appeals to defense authorization legislation, is pushing back on lawmakers’ cuts to its requests for a new Humvee-replacement vehicle, ship […]
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Air ForceSAC OK’s Defense Approps With Many DoD-Sought Cuts, More M-ATVs
By Emelie Rutherford A key Senate panel approved Pentagon spending legislation yesterday that heeds many of the Obama administration’s big program cuts while also boosting funds for additional mine-proof vehicles […]
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Air ForceSAC-D Backs C-17s, Sides With DoD On Kills Including F-35 2nd Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate panel unveiled a defense appropriations bill yesterday that all but assures continued C-17 aircraft production while leaving the F-35’s alternate engine, F-22 jet, and VH-71 […]
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ArmyGD Opens New EDGE Innovation Center For Military Vehicle Systems
By Ann Roosevelt General Dynamics‘ [GD] C4 Systems today opens its sixth and largest EDGE facility, the Vehicle C4ISR Innovation Center, in Taunton, Mass., to bring government opportunities to pick […]