Pentagon
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Navy/USMCGilmore: Budget Cuts Created Schism on Value of Live-Fire Tests for Ship Defense Systems
Tight budgets have created some differing opinions on the need for higher-end operational tests, the Pentagon’s top tester said at a conference Wednesday morning. Speaking at the International Test and […]
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PentagonKendall: Better Buying Power Helped Make Some, But Not Enough, Progress on Interoperability
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall said Tuesday that, for all the talk of open systems and interoperability coming out of the Defense Department in recent years, he hasn’t seen the […]
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PentagonKendall: Some Tension as Developmental, Operational Testers Try to Shift Work Earlier
As the Pentagon acquisition community seeks ways to become more efficient with its limited funding, the Defense Department’s top acquisition official said there is some tension between developmental testers and […]
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BudgetJindal, Talent: Defense Spending Should Equal 4% GDP; Defense Acquisition Reform Needed
Louisiana governor and possible 2016 presidential candidate Bobby Jindal (R) released a report on Monday slamming the Obama administration for cutting defense spending too steeply and outlining ideas to more […]
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PentagonDEFENSE WATCH
3DELRR. The Air Force could award its long-anticipated contract for its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) as early as Oct. 6, a source tells Defense Daily. 3DELRR is the Air […]
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CongressSenators Release Compendium of 31 Experts’ Defense Acquisition Reform Ideas
Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) released a compendium of 31 acquisition reform essays from leading defense experts–from the Defense Department, the military services, industry and academia–as congressional committees […]
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PentagonHarris Provides DoD Customer With First Falcon III Wideband Team Radios
Harris [HRS] Thursday said it has provided an unnamed Defense Department customer with the first production units of its Falcon III® RF-330E-TR wideband team radio, the only independently developed and […]
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BudgetWork: OCO May be Needed for Years to Fund Operations if Base Budget Remains Capped
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said the Pentagon and Congress will eventually need to decide how to pay for an increasing number of overseas operations and his best guess is […]
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InternationalU.S., India To Establish Defense Trade Task Force
President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to establish a task force to explore ways the two countries can move quickly to identify defense trade opportunities and […]
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Budget
DoD Working to Secure Funds to Fight ISIS; CSBA: Costs Could Range from $2.4 Billion to $22 Billion Annually
The Defense Department is working with congressional committees to obtain additional funding for fiscal year 2015 for operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), though it is […]