Budget
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Air ForceAir Force Crafts Long-Term Plan For Life After Sequestration, Welsh Says
The Air Force has created a long-term plan to deal with budgets lowered by sequestration called Air Force 2023, an “honest look” at what the service could look like in […]
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BudgetDurbin to Defense Industry: Expand Lobbying Effort Against Sequester This Month
The chairman of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee yesterday challenged the defense industrial base to target Congress with a grassroots campaign to save itself from sequestration. Durbin brought seven witnesses […]
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McFarland: DoD Surveying Industry on ‘Unproductive Processes’ in Acquisition
The Defense Department is reviewing “unproductive processes and bureaucracy” it has put in place over the years in the hopes of better understanding how that hinders industry as part of […]
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Air Force
Air Force Debating Usefulness Of Remaining Defense Meterological Satellite Program Spacecraft
The Air Force is debating whether its two remaining Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft will be useful by the time they are launched, according to a high-ranking official. “There’s […]
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Greenert: Navy Will Seek Significantly Higher Savings Than 20 Percent Headquarters Goal
The Navy’s top officer gave some insight into its alternate budget plans at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Nov. 7, noting that the Navy is considering making about […]
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Air Force
Air Force, Boeing Enter Partnership Aiming To Reduce Supply Chain Costs
The Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) and Boeing [BA] enter into an “over-arching” public-private partnership that Boeing says will streamline supply chain contracting, save money and speed up execution by […]
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Air Force
Service Chiefs: Lack of Control Over Own Budgets Causing Inefficiencies, Misdirected Spending
Congressional interference in spending plans and the inflexibility of sequestration have a cost, the military service chiefs told the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday–inefficiencies stemming from cuts and uncertainty will […]
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Budget
FAA Releases Unmanned Aircraft Integration Roadmap
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) yesterday released its first unmanned aerial systems (UAS) roadmap, a major milestone toward its congressionally-mandated goal of safe UAS integration into the national airspace system. […]
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Budget
Senate Panel Proposes Relaxing Commercial Satellite Imagery Resolution Restrictions
The Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday voted in favor of relaxing commercial satellite imagery resolution restrictions and reviewing the appropriate role of commercial satellite imagery in fulfilling intelligence requirements, according to […]
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Budget
Rapiscan Exploring Turnkey Screening Services Opportunities Through CENTCOM
Based on work it has done with the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Rapiscan Systems is working with the military command to potentially bring […]