Pentagon
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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 […]
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Budget
Carter Says Acquisition System Too Slow To Provide Technology For Future Fights
The U.S. defense acquisition system was too slow to provide for troops’ needs during the wars of the past 15 years and is especially ill suited to provide the technology […]
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BudgetIn New Strategy, House Republicans Urge Next President to Step Up Homeland Security
House Republicans on Thursday rolled out a national security strategy focused on ramping up cyber and border security efforts as well more aggressively fighting terrorist groups. Not included in […]
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PentagonMDA Successfully Tests SM-3 Third Stage Rocket Motor Enhanced Nozzle
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in late May successfully tested in a pair of flight tests its enhanced MK 136 Third Stage Rocket Motor nozzle on the Raytheon [RTN] Standard […]
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Budget
White House Issues Veto Threat for Senate NDAA
The White House has come out against the Senate’s version of the 2017 defense authorization bill, opposing a number of provisions that would overhaul the acquisition process and rework the […]
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PentagonRaytheon, Aerojet Rocketdyne Reach Strategic Sourcing Agreement
Raytheon [RTN] and Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] have reached a “strategic sourcing agreement” that one Raytheon executive believes, if approved by the Defense Department, could save the military roughly $100 million. […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Could Better Use Data To Stretch Its Resources, Former Officials Say
Better data and analysis could help the Defense Department and federal government generally make better use of its resources and improve decision making, some former department officials said on Friday. […]
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CongressExperts Weigh In On Congressional Acquisition Reform Proposals
Over the past two years, both the House and Senate have undertaken efforts to make far-reaching changes to the Defense Department’s acquisition process, not all of which have been popular […]