Pentagon
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CongressNational Defense Panel Wants Congress to Give DoD More Authority; Congressmen Cite ‘Trust Deficit’
Members of the House Armed Services Committee and representatives of the National Defense Panel seemed to reach an impasse when discussing the Defense Department’s 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review the panel […]
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InternationalDefense Authorization Bill Boosts Funding For Israel’s Iron Dome
The deal reached between the House and Senate on Tuesday for 2015 Defense Authorization Bill would double funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense program. The bill would call for […]
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PentagonCNAS Studying Which Areas of Technology Hold Most Promise for Future Military Use
The Center for a New American Security is working to get its newest project, Beyond Offset: Will the US Maintain Its Military Edge?, off the ground in the hopes of […]
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PentagonHagel Announces Resignation; Many in Washington Say Admin Set Him Up for Failure
After Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced his resignation in a White House ceremony Monday morning, many defense insiders said he was given little space to implement policy and his replacement […]
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InternationalUK Signs Contract For First Production F-35Bs
The United Kingdom has inked the contract for the first four production versions of the short-takeoff and vertical-landing variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being built by Lockheed Martin […]
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PentagonDoD Wants Zero Orbital Debris Mitigation Exemptions By 2018
The Defense Department has a goal of eliminating exemptions to the federal government’s orbital debris mitigation standard practices by 2018, according to a key official. Office of the Secretary of […]
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PentagonWork: Pentagon Pursuing Offset Strategy Knowing Adversaries Will Steal Innovations
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said the Pentagon’s current effort to write a new offset strategy would be shaped by several factors: adversaries have the capability to rapidly steal new […]
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BudgetDempsey: DoD Will Submit FY’16 Request With Same Efficiencies Congress Already Rejected
The Defense Department will submit a fiscal year 2016 budget that is above the sequester spending caps and includes all the same efficiencies Congress has rejected for several years now, […]
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Business/FinancialCEO: Pentagon Should Help Industry Operate More Commercially
The defense industry is becoming more commercial and more globalized, and both defense contractors and the Pentagon need to use the ongoing acquisition reform efforts as an opportunity to adjust […]
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Hagel Announces Defense Innovation Initiative with Long-Range R&D Plan, List of Focus Areas
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced a new Defense Innovation Initiative on Saturday as a way to counter a shrinking technological superiority even as congressional unwillingness to allow certain cost-saving measures […]