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Congress

Hill Leaders Head To White House On Sequestration Start Date

Julie Samuel

Friday, March 1st, 2013

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The long-feared “sequestration” budget cuts may officially start constricting Pentagon spending today, after Democrats and Republicans in the Senate rejected each other’s plans yesterday to prevent or lessen the blow of the largely unpopular reductions. President Barack Obama plans to meet with congressional leaders at the White House today, for their first bipartisan meeting on the $1.2 trillion in decade-long sequestration cuts to defense and non-defense spending, which Washington has been grappling with for a year and a half (Defense…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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 […]