Budget
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BudgetHagel Unveils FY ’14 Sequester Contingency Plan
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel provided on Wednesday a summary of the Pentagon’s contingency plan for next year if Congress doesn’t find a way to stop “sequestration” budget cuts, warning of […]
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Air ForceAir Force Needs To Evaluate Funding Changes For Space Acquisition Civilians, GAO Says
The Air Force did not evaluate, nor establish clear or concise goals, for a two-year old pilot program that was supposed to give it flexibility to hire civilian acquisition personnel […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Successfully Tests New B-2 AESA Antenna With AEHF Satellite
Northrop Grumman [NOC] proved in May a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna it developed for the B-2 can establish and maintain communications services with an on-orbit Advanced Extremely […]
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BudgetLawmakers Call For Sequester Fix As DoD Furloughs Start
Civilian Pentagon employees will be furloughed starting this week, in a move that could reignite the debate over the Pentagon budget cuts in Congress. Because of sequestration–the $500 billion in […]
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Air ForceSASC Wants Briefings On Air Force’s Small Diameter Bomb Program
A key Senate panel wants the Air Force to brief the congressional defense committees on the status of the entire Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) program, which it says is approaching […]
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Air ForceHASC Calls Air Force On ‘Blatant Disregard’ of Congressional Priorities
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) continues to review the Defense Department’s reprogramming actions, and in their most recent letter to the Pentagon Comptroller calls out the Air Force for […]
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France Requests $1.5 Billion In MQ-9 Reapers
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said last week it notified Congress of a potential sale of 16 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and associated parts and training to […]
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ArmyHASC Denies Funds Moving From WIN-T, Humvee Reset
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has rejected an Army proposal to move money from some programs–$128 million from the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), $171 million from reset of High […]
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Budget
SASC Wants DoD’s Strategies For Mix Of Military, COMSATCOM Bandwidth
A key Senate panel wants the Defense Department to lay out its short, medium and long-term strategies for using an appropriate mix of military and commercial satellite bandwidth. The Senate […]
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Air ForceAir Force Preferred SNC’s Low Risk LAS Rating Over Beechcraft’s Lower Price, GAO Says
The Air Force preferred Sierra Nevada Defense Corp.’s (SNC) lower-risk rating for its Light Air Support (LAS) offering, despite its nearly $137 million higher cost, compared to competitor Beechcraft’s lower […]