Pentagon
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CongressSASC Members Ask Carter About Speeding Up Acquisition, FMS Processes in Confirmation Hearing
The Senate Armed Services Committee members aired a number of acquisition concerns in a confirmation hearing with defense secretary-nominee Ashton Carter, noting that weapons development takes too long and weapons […]
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BudgetPentagon: Spending Must Surpass Sequester Caps to Support Defense Strategy
The Pentagon requested $585.2 billion in its fiscal year 2016 request–$25 billion more than it is receiving this year and $11 billion more in base budget spending than is allowed […]
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PentagonMDA To Pick Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Design, Compete Program Later
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is “very close” to approving an acquisition strategy for its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) in which it will pick, then compete, […]
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BudgetCSBA: Congress Unlikely To Raise Spending Caps Enough to Accommodate Expected DoD FY ’16 Request
The Pentagon will unveil its fiscal year 2016 budget request on Monday and ask Congress to give about $35 billion more than the sequestration spending caps allow for defense spending–and […]
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BudgetCompensation Commission Recommendations Could Save DoD $4.8 Billion in First Year, $8 Billion Eventually
The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission released its recommendations Thursday after more than a year of work, surveying well over a million people in the military community about hundreds […]
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CyberDefense Report Faults Cybersecurity Performance
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Department of Defense cyber workforce have made significant advances in recent years but still require more improvement, a Defense Department report and […]
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CongressKendall, Thornberry Optimistic About Package of Acquisition Improvement Ideas
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall brought a package of legislative proposals to the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, telling the lawmakers during a hearing on “improving DoD’s ability to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKendall Announced Aerospace Innovation Initiative to Support 6th-Generation Fighter Jet
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall announced the creation of the Aerospace Innovation Initiative in the fiscal year 2016 budget request, which would fund technology development and competitive prototyping of sixth-generation […]
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CyberNGA Restructures CIO, IT Functions
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is merging its chief information officer (CIO) and information technology services functions effective Feb. 15, the agency said in a statement Monday. “NGA is at a […]
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InternationalU.S., India Renew Defense Initiative
The United States and India have renewed a commitment first made 10 years ago to cooperate in the trade, development and production of defense technology. The agreement to extend the […]