Budget
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Air Force
Bell-Boeing Develops Air Filter That Extends V-22 Engine Life
The Bell Helicopter-Boeing [BA] tandem that develops the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey helped create an air filter-like device that could “double or triple” the lives of V-22 engines by filtering out […]
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Air Force
Exelis Defends Navigation Payload Work On First GPS III Satellite
Exelis [XLS] said yesterday its work developing the navigation payload for the Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite system has resolved “most issues,” one week after the […]
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Budget
DoD Instructed to Begin Government Shutdown Planning
The Defense Department has received guidance from the Office of Management and Budget to “review and update our plan” to prepare for a government shutdown, Pentagon spokesman George Little told […]
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Air Force
Air Force Successfully Test Launches Minuteman III ICBM
The Air Force successfully test launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM Sunday from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., according to a service statement. The Air Force said it will next test launch […]
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Budget
Reduced In Size, Marines Would Be ‘All In’ In Major War, General Says
With plans to shrink in size, the Marine Corps will remain capable of acting in a major combat operation but there will be some limitations, and will potentially be unable […]
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Air Force
Minuteman III ICBM Follow-On Study Needs Cost Estimates For Success, GAO Says
The Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), major stakeholders in the Minuteman III follow-on ICBM study, need to better coordinate their efforts to provide cost estimates for […]
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Air Force
Boeing To Complete Production Of C-17 In 2015
Boeing [BA] said Wednesday it will complete production of its C-17 Globemaster III airlifter and close the C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach, Calif., in 2015. Boeing Vice President […]
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Air Force
U.S. Needs Partnership With Asia-Pacific Allies On MILSATCOM Issues, CSBA Says
The United States needs to engage Asia-Pacific partners, particularly in its protected military satellite communication (MILSATCOM) systems, as part of its “pivot” to the region, according to an analyst from […]
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Budget
Service Chiefs Tell HASC They Cannot Support Defense Strategy With Full Sequester
The service chiefs spent Wednesday morning outlining the effects of full sequestration to the House Armed Services Committee, after committee chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) told them in his opening statement […]
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Budget
House To Vote On CR That Includes Sequester Despite Pressure To Exempt DoD
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters yesterday that lawmakers would vote this week on a continuing resolution that keeps sequestration cuts in place and defunds the Patient […]