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Congress

Pentagon Launches Multi-Part Planning For Sequestration Cuts

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, January 11th, 2013

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The Pentagon has begun an intensive planning effort to gird for potential across-the-board budget cuts scheduled for March and also will take near-term steps, including delaying contract awards, to lessen the blow of the $500 billion in reductions. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters yesterday that while he is holding out hope Congress will stop those decade-long “sequestration” cuts from starting in March, the Pentagon “simply cannot sit back now and not prepare for the worst.” The Pentagon will “begin…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]