Pentagon
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BudgetService Officials Submitted POMs to OSD This Week at Above-Sequester Spending Levels
The military services have submitted their fiscal year 2016 Program Objective Memoranda (POMs) to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to begin the process of adding and subtracting to […]
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BudgetDefense Secretary Previews New ‘Offset’ Strategy, BBP 3.0
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel yesterday said he’s given top DoD officials the green light to develop another “offset” strategy and offered snippets of Better Buying Power 3.0, more of […]
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Business/Financial
Kendall Memo Addresses Some Barriers to Competition; Industry Says More Work to be Done
Defense acquisition chief Frank Kendall announced five new measures to boost competition in defense contracting, though industry representatives said it is a tough problem that will take additional measures to […]
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ArmyAdvanced Hypersonic Weapon Test Terminated Just After Takeoff
The Defense Department Monday said “an anomaly,” led to the flight test termination of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Flight Test 2 Hypersonic Technology Test (AHW FT2 HTT) at the Kodiak […]
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Air ForceDoD Relaxes Some F-35 Flight Restrictions; F-35B Completes Wet Runway, Crosswind Testing
The Defense Department has relaxed some of its flight restrictions on F-35 test aircraft after an engine issue in June led the Pentagon to ground its fleet. F-35 Joint Program […]
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CyberMeeting Minimal Bandwidth Requirements Critical Part of Pentagon IT, CIO Says
The Pentagon’s top official for information technology said Wednesday that contractors will have to be pressured to meet the lowest required bandwidth requirements as the building transitions to a unified […]
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Business/Financial
Pentagon Expands Business Board
The Pentagon has added eight individuals to a board created more than 10 years ago to advise senior leadership on how business practices can be applied to the Department of […]
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Air ForceF-15s, F-16s Join In Strikes In Iraq
Air Force F-15Es and F-16s have conducted strikes in Iraq in recent days, the Pentagon said Monday, joining Navy F/A-18s that engaged in the initial bombing runs against Islamist militants […]
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PentagonHagel Emphasizes Building Partnerships, Enhancing Partners’ Capabilities on Global Tour
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured Europe and Asia last week to improve global partnerships amid turmoil across the Middle East and Ukraine. In several public appearances and media briefings, Hagel […]
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Air ForceF/A-18s, JDAMS Strike In Iraq
Navy F/A-18F Super Hornets employing laser-guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions–JDAM–bombs struck Islamist militants in Iraq on Friday in response to advances on the northern Kurdish city of Erbil, the Pentagon […]