Pentagon
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin’s LCS Follow-On Could Subtract A Helicopter, Executive Says
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 […]
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Congress
SASC Nudges Pentagon On Open Architecture
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 […]
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Congress
China Wants More Carriers, Unclear How Many, U.S. Official Says
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 […]
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Air Force
SASC-Approved Bill Gets DoD Out of Russian Rocket Engine Business
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 […]
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Pentagon
Vickers: Intelligence Investments Should Focus on Asia Rebalance, Counterterrorism, Cyber
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 […]
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Business/Financial
NDIA Kicks Off Acquisition Reform Effort With a Focus on Accountability, Excess Regulations
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 […]
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Army
Empirical Data, Reports, Should Drive Discussions, Decisions On The Future of the National Guard: Rep. Walz
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 […]
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International
Vice Chief Says Missile Defense In Asia-Pacific Could Expand
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 […]
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Pentagon
Northrop Grumman Develops Link Across 5th, 4th Generation Fighters
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 […]
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Navy/USMC
Up-gunned LCSs, Coast Guard’s Cutter Among Ideas Proposed For Navy’s Small Surface Combatant
Modified Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) with more firepower and a design based on the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter were among the concepts passed along to the Navy on […]