Pentagon
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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 […]
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PentagonDoD Unveiling First Part Of Its Electromagnetic Spectrum Strategy Thursday
The Defense Department on Thursday will release the first part of its electromagnetic spectrum strategy, which a top official said will focus on “flexible spectrum access.” DoD is proposing reallocating […]
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ArmyDoD IG Says Authorization of GCV Contract Progress Payments Needs Improvement
The Defense Department Inspector General’s office Wednesday released a financial management report finding improvement is needed in DoD progress payments for Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) contracts, as contractors were allowed […]
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BudgetDoD Reviewing 10-Year Standards For Secret-Level Security Clearance
The Defense Department is reviewing the standard that allows 10 years between security clearance background investigations for employees with secret-level clearances. Under current law, a person holding a top secret […]
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Navy/USMCEfforts To Preserve Rocket Motor Industry Insufficient, Admiral Says
The Pentagon and military services are not adequately moving to shore up the strength of the industrial base that supplies solid rocket motors critical to the maintaining the country’s future […]
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PentagonPentagon’s Special Ops Force Expects Steady Need For Small Unmanned Aircraft
U.S. special operations forces will likely continue to purchase small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at least at the current rate, even as the Army and Marine Corps have slowed the […]