Monday, May 13, 2024
Warships armed with cruise missiles, tactical fighters, stealth bombers and unmanned aerial vehicles are among the American military assets involved in U.S. and allied forces’ attacks on the Libyan government, Vice Adm. Bill Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, told reporters over the weekend.
Iran's role in Afghanistan is bipolar, according to Gen. David Petraeus.
Continuing to restrict Defense Department funding under stopgap legislation could complicate the war in Afghanistan by blocking the acquisition of urgently needed military equipment, according to Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander there.
U.S. military forces remain in Japan and the United States has “full capability to fulfill our alliance commitments to defend Japan and maintain peace and security in the region,” but upon request the Defense Department will evacuate family members of military personnel living there, according to Pentagon spokesman Col. David Lapan.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) today warned the Obama administration that budget cuts are inevitable and that only a comprehensive, long-term deal involving tax reform and entitlement programs can stave off "Draconian" reductions to government spending.
Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn told the Senate Budget Committee this morning there are three reasons sticking with the current continuing resolution for the rest of the year would harm the Defense Department.
Losing KC-X tanker bidder EADS North America has scheduled a press conference at noon today with its CEO, Sean O’Keefe, and its chairman, Ralph Crosby, at the National Press Club to discuss the tanker competition.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will address the "identity struggles" of the Air Force Friday in a speech at the Air Force Academy, Gates' spokesman Geoff Morrell said this morning on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown" program.
It’s official: Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics Ashton Carter, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz will announce the KC-X tanker contract award today at 5:10 p.m., in the Pentagon Briefing Room, according to a noticed issued today by the Defense Department.
The Defense Department needs Congress to approve pending reprogramming requests for equipment urgently needed in Afghanistan and to pass a fiscal year 2011 defense budget that restores stability to major acquisition programs hurting under the continuing resolution set to expire March 4, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said tonight.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter has directed the Navy to conduct an "orderly and smooth" termination of the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program, beginning with the preparation of a detailed plan within 60 days.
The New Amphibious Vehicle that Marine Corps generals have called for acquiring in fewer than eight years is not slated to reach initial operational capability until 2024, a senior Marine Corps budget official said today.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is scheduled to conduct a press briefing at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 14 to discuss the Pentagon's fiscal year 2012 budget request, the department announced today.
The long-range, stealthy bomber the Air Force plans to develop should be designed with hard points so it can carry weapons or other equipment externally if need be, according to Paul Kaminski, the head of the Defense Science Board and a former Pentagon acquisition chief.
The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program's recent cost and schedule troubles stem from years of trying to do too much too soon in the program, according to Defense Science Board chief Paul Kaminski.
Combatant commanders' record-setting demands for the military's most elite troops are outstripping U.S. Special Operations Command's resources, according to SOCOM chief Adm. Eric Olson.
The House Appropriations Committee plans to slash the Pentagon's fiscal year 2011 budget request by $13.2 billion, according to a chart on spending limits and cuts issued today by the committee.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter today praised U.S. fighter aircraft competing to win a multibillion-dollar contract in India, adding he will soon make his first visit there as under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
General Dynamics today touted tests of its Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle prototypes while asserting it could cut the EFV's price, but the final test results are still being determined and the Pentagon remains set on killing the program.
Lawmakers are urging Defense Secretary Robert Gates to hold off issuing a stop-work order to General Dynamics for the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program.