Pentagon
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Navy/USMCNavy Weighing Fate of Advanced Arresting Gear For Aircraft Carriers
The U.S. Navy says it plans to decide by December whether to proceed with its troubled Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) program or pick an alternative landing system for future Ford-class […]
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Air ForceAt Least 8,400 U.S. Troops Will Stay In Afghanistan Into 2017
At least 8,400 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan through the end of the Obama administration, which will nearly coincide with the conflict’s 15th anniversary. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday […]
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PentagonDefense Watch
AUSA Changes Chiefs. After 18 years in the position, retired Gen. Gordon Sullivan this week issued his last message as chief executive of the Association of the U.S. Army. “I […]
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CyberDISA Awards Multiple Award Contract Worth Up To $137 Million For Electromagnetic Spectrum Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced Monday a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract worth upward of $137 million to large and small business pools to provide electromagnetic […]
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PentagonFirst Ever ‘Hack The Pentagon’ Competition Uncovers Hundreds Of Network Cracks At Bargain Price
An inaugural crowdsourced security inspection of Defense Department computing networks uncovered hundreds of vulnerabilities at a fraction of the cost of a third-party network audit, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter […]
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InternationalNATO To Deploy AWACS Aircraft In Support Of ISIS Fight In Iraq
BRUSSELS – A Boeing [BA] E-3A Sentry Airborne early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft belonging to NATO will deploy to Iraq in support of the coalition fight against Islamic State […]
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InternationalNATO Defense Spending Pledge Puts Brakes On Global Decline In Military Funding
BRUSSELS – The pledge NATO member countries made to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic products on defense is largely symbolic and has served more to arrest the alliance-wide […]
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Missile DefenseNATO Chief Calls For Member Nations To Up Military Spending In Face Of Sabre-Rattling Russia
BRUSSELS – In response to what is generally seen as a Russia re-energized with Cold War-style expansionism, NATO is flexing its collective muscles including the deployment of Italian surface-to-air missiles […]
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ArmyApache Helicopters Draw First Blood Against Islamic State In Iraq
BRUSSELS –One of the dozen AH-64 Apache helicopters that have been available to Iraqi combat units for months in their fight against Islamic State militants has destroyed an ISIS vehicle […]
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InternationalCarter In Brussels To Push For Greater NATO Spending On Russian Deterrence, Anti-ISIS Fight
ABOARD THE NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER – Secretary of Defense Ash Carter over the next two days will push for NATO countries to adhere to their pledges to set aside […]