Pentagon
-
PentagonKendall Unveils BBP 3.0 to Spark Innovation in Industry, Focus on High-Impact Research
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall unveiled a draft of his Better Buying Power 3.0 on Friday, soliciting feedback before the January implementation of his new plan to continue previous cost-consciousness […]
-
InternationalDeclining Global Military Budgets Diminish DSCA’s Foreign Military Sales Forecast
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) is projecting that total sales beyond fiscal year 2013 could be as much as $30 billion or as little as $5 billion due to […]
-
CongressGilmore: Operational Tests Cannot Sacrifice Rigor to Save Time, Money; Congress Seeks Additional Oversight in NDAA
As the House and Senate armed services committees wade deeper into their acquisition reform effort, they intend to take a close look at not just the contracting officers and program […]
-
Pentagon
2020s Will Be Challenging Period For DoD Bill Payers, Kendall Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The 2020s will be a challenging time period for the Defense Department as it grapples with how to pay for numerous high-priority weapons endeavors with bills that arrive […]
-
BudgetHagel, Dempsey: DoD Needs More Funding in OCO, Base Budget for Increasing Missions Abroad
The fiscal year 2016 budget request will reflect the recent increase in demand for U.S. military actions, but the Defense Department needs some help from Congress making ends meet in […]
-
InternationalDoD Accelerating Global F-35 Sustainment Network, Bogdan Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Defense Department will add 17 locations worldwide over the next five years as part of its F-35 sustainment posture, according to the head of the […]
-
BudgetHouse Likely to Take Up CR, Anti-ISIS Funding Amendment on Tuesday; Pentagon Urges Passage
Congress is poised to decide soon on the Pentagon’s initial $500 million request to go after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but the Pentagon has not begun planning […]
-
Air ForceDoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO
The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]
-
PentagonPentagon Inspector General Outlines Quality Problems On Missile Defense Kill Vehicle
The Pentagon’s inspector general has issued a report criticizing the Missile Defense Agency and its contractors for quality control problems on the kill vehicle for the long-range ballistic missile defense […]
-
BudgetCSBA: Pentagon Needs to Rethink Readiness Measurements to Allow Smarter Spending
The Defense Department won’t be able to make smart decisions about how much money it needs to produce a certain level of combat readiness until it begins collecting the right […]