Pentagon
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CongressDoD Report On Regional Missile Defense Limited, Risk Assessment Optomistic, GAO Says
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) required report on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) statutorily-mandated report on Regional Ballistic Missile Defense found that DoD could have provided more comprehensive information to […]
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Air ForceLawmaker Suggests Using American-Made Engines For National Security Launches
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) said Friday the United States should move away from using rocket engines not domestically-made in national security space launches. “I believe […]
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Air ForceAir Force Delays Long Range Standoff Program By Three Years
The Air Force delayed both the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapon program and an anticipated fiscal year 2015 contract award by three years, according to the service’s FY ’15 budget […]
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Air ForceAir Force Analyzing Building RD-180 Engines In U.S.
The Air Force is performing a “business case analysis” of how much it would cost to produce the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine in the United States, Air Force Under Secretary […]
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BudgetDoD Would Trim ‘Minor Procurement’ to Pay for 11th Carrier, Higher Troop Levels with Extra $115 Billion
If Congress indicated it was willing to spend an additional $115 billion to maintain higher troop levels for the Army and Marine Corps and an 11th aircraft carrier in the […]
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PentagonCOMSATCOM In DoD’s Long-Term Plans, CAPE Office Says
Though it won’t completely outsource satellite communications (SATCOM) capability to industry, the commercial side is still in the Defense Department’s long-term plans because the rules are in industry’s favor, according […]
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BudgetDoD Rejects Congressional Claims QDR Ignores Legal Requirements
A Defense Department official rejected the notion that the Quadrennial Defense Review did not meet its mandatory requirements and therefore should be rewritten, as House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck […]
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Air ForceDoD Lacks Knowledge To Commit To Disaggregation, GAO Says
The Defense Department lacks the knowledge necessary to commit to the concept of satellite disaggregation, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Monday. GAO Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues […]
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BudgetCongress May Force DoD to Rewrite, Resubmit QDR
Even before the Defense Department released its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), lawmakers had already threatened to reject it–and they followed through on their threats as soon as the report was […]
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BudgetLine-Item List for $26 Billion Fund To Be Released Next Week; OCO Budget Details Still Unknown
As congressional committees continue to dissect the defense budget request for the next two months, a few key pieces of information are still being compiled: chiefly, the Overseas Contingency Operations […]