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The Pentagon has begun an intensive planning effort to gird for potential across-the-board budget cuts scheduled for March and also will take near-term steps, including delaying contract awards, to lessen […]

The Pentagon likely won’t be able to begin the congressionally mandated quadrennial defense review (QDR) because of the fiscal uncertainty stemming from the budget turmoil on Capitol Hill, a senior […]

The Pentagon wants to shield war-specific funding from potential across-the-board funding cuts, a move that could shift larger reductions to other defense budget items such as weapons programs. “It is […]

The Pentagon faces an array of fiscal unknowns–including when it will finalize next year’s budget proposal and whether it can choose how to make pending funding reductions–as it grapples with […]

Senate Republicans reacted with skepticism and outright opposition yesterday to the nomination of their former colleague Chuck Hagel to be the next defense secretary, foretelling a bruising fight for his […]

The Pentagon may delay the release of its next budget request–possibly until March–as it faces potential across-the-board spending cuts that were delayed but not eliminated by a deficit deal President […]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta yesterday welcomed legislation temporarily delaying sequestration, but warned that Congress “cannot continue to just kick the can down the road” and must act to create a […]

Moog Inc. [MOG.A] yesterday said it has acquired Broad Reach Engineering Co., a designer and manufacturer of spaceflight electronics and software for aerospace, scientific and military missions. The purchase price […]

The House voted 257 to 167 late on Jan. 1 to avert some of the so-called fiscal cliff, in part by delaying for two months sequestration budget cuts to the […]

The Defense Department must develop a strategy to acquire the next-generation of host-based cyber security tools to help it overcome existing challenges and limitations, according to direction in the House […]