Friday, April 19, 2024
Reversing the momentum of the Taliban-led insurgency, bolstering the ranks of indigenous security forces and shifting control of combat operations to those forces top the list of mid- and near-term goals for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon official said today.
The White House and Pentagon may be forced to issue a new wartime supplemental by next spring to support the military's presence in Iraq and the ongoing surge in Afghanistan, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) said today.
The Air Force today unveiled an overarching blueprint that will influence its acquisition of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities over the next 20 years.
The White House's plan to surge nearly 21,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan, including a significant infusion of special operations forces, is expected to wrap up by late summer, according to a senior defense official.
As it pushes ahead with the Quadrennial Defense Review, the Pentagon must emphasize the need for a viable prompt global strike capability, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright said today.
The Air Force anticipates having an official program of record for its new irregular warfare aircraft in place by fiscal year 2011, as the service continues to finalize details on a new strategy for such operations, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said yesterday.
Senate appropriators plan to include additional funds for the Air Force's C-17 Globemaster in their final version of the fiscal year 2009 wartime supplemental plan once the request is brought before the full Senate for a vote, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-CA) said today.
U.S. Strategic Command could issue a new force sizing construct for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets by November, which could heavily influence future Pentagon investments in those capabilities, STRATCOM chief Gen. Kevin Chilton said yesterday.
As the Pentagon explores the option of creating a new warfighting command in the cyber domain, officials at U.S. Strategic Command continue to grapple with how to engage enemies in an emerging arena, STRATCOM chief Gen. Kevin Chilton said yesterday.
U.S. Strategic Command is conducting internal discussions on current and future cyberwarfare capabilities in preparation for the creation of a new U.S. Cyber Command, STRATCOM chief Gen. Kevin Chilton said today.
House appropriators are calling for the inclusion of $310 million in the fiscal year 2009 wartime supplemental bill to bolster the ongoing counternarcotics campaign led by the Mexican government.
Recent Congressional efforts to reform the Defense Department's acquisition process could end up doing more harm than good, putting more bureaucratic hurdles into a process struggling to become more flexible and agile, a former top DOD official said today.
A key House proponent of the Pentagon's fiscal year 2010 spending blueprint predicted many of the plan's recommendations will survive the congressional budget process, but noted that DOD still faces an uphill battle on a number of high-profile programs.
For the second time this month, top House lawmakers introduced a new legislative proposal geared toward revamping the Pentagon's maligned acquisition process.
The White House wants to funnel $400 million into training and procurement for Pakistan's armed forces to support current and future counterinsurgency operations in that country, according to the administration's latest supplemental appropriations request for fiscal year 2009.
For the first time, irregular warfare operations have been given "a seat at the table" in the Defense Department's baseline budget for fiscal year 2010, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today.
The confirmation of Pentagon acquisition chief nominee Ashton Carter has been delayed until after the Senate's two-week hiatus this month because of opposition from Sens. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
With the Senate expected this week to weigh in on new legislation geared toward revamping the Pentagon's troubled acquisition process, lawmakers are hammering out the final details before Thursday's vote, one of the bill's cosponsors said today.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is poised to take the unusual step of releasing his recommendations for fiscal year 2010 defense budget changes before submitting the full plan to the White House Office of Management and Budget, a top Senate Democrat said today.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's leaders today endorsed the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in air strikes against insurgent forces in Pakistan while underscoring the high stakes involved.