Pentagon
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Business/FinancialVice Chairman Winnefeld: Contractors Need To Push Costs Down
Defense contractors will need to become more efficient and push their costs down going forward into the new budgetary environment, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James […]
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Air ForceWeapon System Approach To F-35’s ALIS Starting To Pay Off, Bogdan Says
The Defense Department’s new weapon system-like approach to the F-35’s Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS) is starting to pay dividends, according to the program’s executive officer. F-35 PEO Air Force […]
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CongressMcCain: Work’s Support of LCS ‘Makes Me Wonder About Your Qualifications’
The Senate Armed Services Committee took up the issues of acquisition reform and accountability during the confirmation hearing for the prospective deputy secretary of defense, Robert Work. Sen. John McCain […]
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Navy/USMCHagel Cuts Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Buys To 32
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday he was reducing the Navy’s controversial Littoral Combat Ship program by 20 vessels, questioning whether the ship can adequately defend itself, and said he […]
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Air ForceDoD Proposes Cutting A-10, U-2 Fleets In FY ’15 Budget
The Defense Department plans to divest its fleet of A-10s and U-2 spy planes when it formally submits President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget request next week, with the […]
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Air ForceHagel: FY ’15 Budget Plan Slashes Troop Size, Some Modernization to Protect Readiness
The Defense Department will release a $496 billion budget request next week that sacrifices troop strength to preserve readiness and cuts some modernization programs to protects other procurement and research […]
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Air ForceAnalyst: Acquisition Reform More Important as Program Cuts Expected to Continue Into FY ’15
Fiscal year 2015 might be a rough year for acquisition programs despite the Bipartisan Budget Agreement raising the Defense Department’s spending caps, making the joint Pentagon-Congress acquisition reform effort all […]
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CyberPentagon Working To Optimize Use Of Electromagnetic Spectrum
The Pentagon unveiled a strategy on Thursday aimed in part at reducing the amount of space the military requires on the government-reserved electromagnetic spectrum to help meet the Obama administration’s […]
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Navy/USMCF-35B Aircraft Fly In Formation In STOVL Landing Mode
Two F-35B variant aircraft flew in close formation while in the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode for the first time last week, prime contractor Lockheed Martin said Wednesday in a […]
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BudgetFY ’15 Budget Likely To Set Policy on Nuclear Weapons, Active/Reserve Balance, Analyst Says
With the Pentagon set to unveil its fiscal year 2015 budget request on March 4–having the benefits of knowing its topline and being able to avoid across-the-board cuts–analysts are trying […]