Pentagon
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Navy/USMCPACOM Looking to Maximize Assets, Gain New Ones During Rebalance
The U.S. Pacific Command is working with its service components to maximize the assets they have today and bring in new ones where feasible, and PACOM Commander Adm. Samuel Locklear […]
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BudgetAnalysts Expect FY ’15 Budget to Begin Creating Smaller, Technically Advanced Force
The Defense Department is expected to prioritize the technical superiority of its future force over the size of its current force, and evidence of that should appear in the research […]
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BudgetKendall: FY ’15 Budget Request Aims to Protect Defense Industrial Base
Defense Department officials are writing a budget request for fiscal year 2015 that seeks to protect critical components of the industrial base, after the FY ’13 sequestration cuts decimated all […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Acquisition Chief Insists Need For 52 LCSs Is Firm
The Navy’s top acquisition official said Thursday the service’s requirement for 52 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) is “firm,” and would not comment on reports a day earlier saying the Office […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin Performs Important Aegis BMD Flight Test Tracking Exercise
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it successfully performed Wednesday an Aegis Ashore missile defense exercise called “flight test tracking exercise No. 18,” which a company official said included multiple unitary short […]
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Pentagon
Kendall: Congress’ Spending Plan Hurts R&D When DoD Should Be Investing In It Further
Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall spoke at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ SciTech 2014 conference Wednesday about maintaining the military’s technical superiority in a time of constrained budgets, noting […]
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PentagonNDIA Kicks Off Planning for Healthy Industrial Base Amid Lower Budgets
The National Defense Industrial Association has teamed up with a former Pentagon expert in industrial base issues to develop a plan for maintaining a healthy defense industry in a time […]
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CongressLawmakers Propose Bill to Prevent Pentagon from Moving Office of Net Assessment
A handful of lawmakers are pushing back against the Pentagon’s plans to realign the long-standing Office of Net Assessment under the undersecretary of defense for policy, proposing a bill to […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Predicts GPS III Navigation Payload Delivery By Spring
Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to receive the first Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite’s navigation payload this spring from payload developer Exelis [XLS] after originally forecasting delivery for early […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Contracts For Future Medium Class Stage III ICBM Motor Development
The Air Force in December issued two contracts worth a combined $78 million for demonstrations of a Medium Class Stage III ICBM motor with technologies applicable to multiple future common […]