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Budget

DoD Furlough Announcement Spurs Calls For Hill Fix

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

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The Pentagon announced Tuesday that most of its civilian employees will be forced to take 11 furlough days starting in July, spurring angry calls from Republicans for Congress to intervene. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a four-page “for official use only” memo outlining the furlough policy, saying he “very reluctantly” is imposing the forced unpaid days on most of the 800,000 civilian employees through the end of fiscal year 2013. While the Pentagon was able to shorten the number of furlough days…

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]

Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

The Pentagon estimates the U.S.’ ongoing conflict with Iran has now cost at least $29 billion, while a lead official noted the updated figure does not factor in damage to […]