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PentagonDoD Composing Legislative Reform Ideas to Keep PMs Focused on Products, Not Rules
As part of the Pentagon’s and Congress’ acquisition reform efforts, the Defense Department has assembled a list of legislative initiatives to help reduce the burden on program managers and let […]
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Business/FinancialCompetition in DoD Contracting Up Overall After Sequester Hit, But No Clear Trends Emerge
As Defense Department spending and the percentage of DoD spending going towards contracts have both declined since sequestration began, no clear trends on competition for defense contracts have emerged. Rather, […]
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ArmyiRobot Rolls Out First Multi-Robot Controller
iRobot Corp. (IRBT), Thursday unveiled the uPoint Multi-Robot Control (MRC) system, an Android-based app for its family of defense and security robots allowing operators to concentrate on their mission, not […]
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CyberDISA Joint Regional Security Stacks Advances
In September the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) initialized the first Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS) at Joint Base San Antonio with its Army and Air Force partners. The JRSS […]
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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 […]