Carlo Muñoz

Carlo Muñoz was a reporter with Inside Defense until December 2010.

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The Insider | November 14, 2008

With recent news reports speculating his tenure as the nation's top intelligence official is all but over once the Obama administration takes power, CIA Director Michael Hayden had one piece of advice for those about to take over at the agency: Leave it alone.

Daily News | October 30, 2008

The Pentagon's top acquisition official plans to stand up several new joint analysis teams to review a slate of Defense Department issues, from a department-wide roadmap for radar capabilities to revamping the source-selection process, in an effort to provide a cohesive way ahead in those areas.

Daily News | October 30, 2008

The Pentagon's acquisition shop has slashed nearly $10 billion from the Defense Department 's acquisition portfolio across the future years defense plan, Pentagon acquisition chief John Young said today.

Daily News | October 24, 2008

The Air Force's new major command in charge of the nuclear mission will reach initial operating capability by September 2009, a key milestone on an overarching roadmap to reinvigorate the service's entire nuclear enterprise, senior officials announced today.

Daily News | October 7, 2008

The Air Force will stand up a new major command tasked specifically to handle the air service's nuclear mission and will re-task the nascent Air Force Cyber Command as a numbered Air Force assigned to the service's space directorate, InsideDefense.com has learned.

Daily News | August 15, 2008

Congress should finance the near-term development of the Navy's conventional Trident modification program as a prompt global strike capability, since no other mid- to long-range option can be created in the same time frame as the Trident effort, according to a new National Academies report.

Daily News | July 31, 2008

Senior Pentagon and State Department officials are negotiating with the Ecuadorian government when U.S. forces will withdraw from the country following this week's announcement by Ecuador that a key counterdrug base must be vacated next year.

Daily News | June 10, 2008

The Pentagon's top uniformed leader said today he is opposed to establishing a firm timetable for a drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq, noting the department's current "conditions-based" strategy has already paid dividends in securing the war-torn country.

Daily News | May 8, 2008

Members of a House defense subcommittee today approved a plan to fully finance several key acquisition priorities for U.S. Special Operations Command and to establish a new executive agent for irregular warfare, as part of its version of the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill.

Daily News | April 29, 2008

With a number of Pentagon weapons programs over budget and behind schedule, lawmakers are considering delaying funds on a number of those big-ticket systems while axing others in the upcoming fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill, a top House policymaker said today.

Daily News | April 24, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance panel will explore increasing ISR deployments to Southwest Asia and bolstering capabilities of already fielded ISR platforms, according to an internal Pentagon memorandum obtained by Inside the Pentagon.

Daily News | April 18, 2008

The Defense Department's top weapons buyer wants the Air Force to invest service dollars into bolstering the capabilities of its projected F-22A fleet, rather than use those funds to expand the Raptor production line.

Daily News | April 18, 2008

A critical meeting on the merger of the Air Force's Predator and Army's Warrior unmanned aerial drone programs has been delayed, but the Defense Department is still committed to merging the two service programs, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer said today.

Daily News | March 11, 2008

The sudden resignation of U.S. Central Command chief Adm. William Fallon may have been the result of White House pressure due to his perceived opposition to the administration's policy on Iran, a senior House Democrat speculated today.

Daily News | March 5, 2008

In the wake of one of the most politically charged defense contract awards in recent years, House appropriators today grilled the Air Force's acquisition corps over their recent deal with Northrop Grumman to build the service's new aerial tanker.

Daily News | March 4, 2008

The Pentagon's top weapons buyer today said the second increment of the VH-71 presidential helicopter program could cost as much as $7.5 billion, and the program will likely breach Nunn-McCurdy cost-growth thresholds.

Daily News | February 12, 2008

A powerful Pentagon advisory board has called upon Defense Secretary Robert Gates to create a new position within DOD focused solely on nuclear weapons issues, along with shifting control of some of the Air Force's nuclear assets to U.S. Strategic Command.

Daily News | December 17, 2007

A group of senators is urging the Pentagon and the White House to extend procurement of the Air Force's venerable C-17 Globemaster airlifter in the fiscal year 2009 budget, according to letters obtained by InsideDefense.com.

Daily News | December 12, 2007

The White House Office of Management and Budget has directed the Pentagon to add money to the Air Force's fiscal year 2009 budget request to shut down the C-17 aircraft production line in August 2009, dialing up the pressure on program supporters in Congress to keep Boeing's Globemaster III production facility humming by financing additional C-17s in an emergency supplemental bill next year.

Daily News | December 7, 2007

Congress is expected to pass the fiscal year 2008 defense authorization bill and deliver it to the White House this month, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) said today.

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