Pentagon

Information sharing issues involving software is delaying system design and development (SDD) progress on the Air Force’s F-35A, a top Defense Department official said Thursday. “We’re doing reasonably well at […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] offering to the Navy for the follow-on Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to meet the small surface combatant requirement could remove one of two MH-60 helicopters currently meant […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the defense authorization bill for fiscal 2015 is pushing the Pentagon to adopt greater open architecture practices in the acquisition of major […]

China continues to pursue the notion of building its own aircraft carriers and could have any number of them over the next decade or so, but it remains unclear just […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee- (SASC) approved fiscal year 2015 authorization bill text bars the defense secretary from entering into a new contract, or renewing a current contract, for space […]

The defense intelligence community needs to take a focused, intelligence-specific approach to procurement rather than trying to fall in line with general military acquisition, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael […]

Members of the National Defense Industrial Association aired their concerns and frustrations about doing business with the Pentagon on Thursday, as the NDIA kicked off its response to acquisition reform […]

Tensions are high between the active Army and the National Guard as the Army reduces combat operations, faces new challenges and a restrictive budget, but hard data can make the […]

The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James Winnefeld, said Wednesday persistent North Korean provocations could lead to an expansion of missile defenses in the Asia-Pacific region […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has demonstrated a network that allows fifth-generation fighters jets such as the F-22 and F-35 to communicate and share data with earlier generation aircraft, the company said […]