Humvee Recap Questions Swirling On Capitol Hill Amid Army Budget Talks
Inside the Army, Feb. 6, 2012 -- Arguments are brewing on Capitol Hill as questions swirl around the Army's pending fiscal year 2013 budget request and its plans to terminate the competitive humvee recapitalization effort known as the Medium Expanded Capacity Vehicle program, according to congressional sources and industry officials close to the issue.
Senior Leaders Stress Need For Base Realignment and Closure In '13, '15
Inside the Navy covers Navy and Marine Corps modernization efforts, policies and decision-making. Key focus areas include shipbuilding, the V-22 Osprey, the submarine force, maritime strategy, Coast Guard issues and the sea service’s role in the U.S. nuclear force structure.
Our NewslettersEying Smaller Price Tag, Pentagon Formally Launches EFV Replacement Effort
DefenseAlert, Feb. 3, 2012 -- Less than a year after terminating the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program for runaway costs, the Pentagon has formally launched a replacement acquisition effort to develop an Amphibious Combat Vehicle -- a pared-down successor in terms of capability and cost the Marine Corps hopes will begin ferrying troops from ship to shore as soon as 2022.
Air Force White Paper On Force Structure Changes
Air Force To Fund Limited C-130 AMP, Transfer Liberty Fleet To ANG
DefenseAlert, Feb. 3, 2012 -- The Air Force intends to transfer its entire 42-aircraft MC-12 Liberty fleet to the Air National Guard and pursue a more limited version of its C-130 avionics modernization program, service leaders announced today.
Air Force In Early Acquisition Process For A DWSS Follow-On Program
Inside the Air Force, Feb. 3, 2012 -- Air Force officials are in the early stages of defining the requirements for a system that will provide capabilities similar to what the now-canceled Defense Weather Satellite System program would have provided, according to a service spokesman.
Air Force Considers Early Operational Fielding Dates For Global Hawk
Inside the Air Force, Feb. 3, 2011 -- The Air Force is considering fielding its Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned aircraft for early operational employment even though a recent Pentagon testing report says current program test plans and schedules do not include activities necessary to support early operational fielding.
- Donley: Air Force Committed To Purchase Of 1,763 F-35s
- GOP Bill Would Replace FY-13 Sequestration Cuts With Workforce Attrition, Pay Freeze
- USAF Aircraft Retirement Moves Driven Partly By Desire For Common Configurations
- Navy Selects Northrop Grumman As Winning Bidder For CANES
- Air Force Budget Preview Confirms More Retirements, Recap Cancellations
- DOD Report To Congress On the Phased Adaptive Approach To BMD In Europe
- Draft JHSV Statement Of Work
- Air Force White Paper On Force Structure Changes
- Navy Limited-Source Justification Document For USS Ponce (LPD-15)
- JCREW Broad Agency Announcement On 'High-Risk Technologies'
- Mabus Speech On Energy Security
Statement On U.S.-Canada Military Cooperation Agreements
McHugh Issues Policy For Army UAV Flights In Domestic Air Space
GAO Report On DOD's Arctic Activities
GOP Bill Would Replace FY-13 Sequestration Cuts With Workforce Attrition, Pay Freeze
CRS Report On The Nunn-McCurdy Act
GAO Report On Estimated Weapon System O&S Costs
Air Force To Fund Limited C-130 AMP, Transfer Liberty Fleet To ANG
Air Force Budget Preview Confirms More Retirements, Recap Cancellations
Clapper: Cybersecurity Becomes A Top National Threat As Adversaries Plunder Tech Data (Updated)
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02/03/2012Egypt Aid Eyed
In new letters to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, 41 members of Congress are warning . . .
02/03/2012Twitter Town Hall
The Pentagon is holding its first virtual "town hall" session on Twitter next week, according to this tweet from the Defense Department public affairs office: #DoD is happy to announce our first ever Twitter Town Hall . . .
02/02/2012Returning Fire
The war of words between the winner and loser of a $355 million contract competition that gave the winning contractor the right to supply up to 20 light attack aircraft to the Afghanistan military escalated . . .
Inside the Pentagon won awards in 2011 from the National Press Club and the Washington, DC, chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, respectively, for reporting on the Defense Department's failure to put required cockpit voice recorders on V-22 Ospreys and for a series of stories on DOD's auditing problems. Read the stories and all of our award-winning coverage from prior years.