Nancy Duff Campbell, co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, today praised the Navy's plan to drop its ban on having women serve aboard submarines.
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Nancy Duff Campbell, co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, today praised the Navy's plan to drop its ban on having women serve aboard submarines.
According to the Defense Department's Web site, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter and Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will conduct a briefing on the upcoming draft request for proposal for the KC-X tanker recapitalization program Thursday at 4 p.m. in the DOD briefing room.
John McHugh, the new Army Secretary, was sworn in this morning at a Pentagon ceremony.
U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Timothy Keating expressed concern today that the Pentagon, through the Quadrennial Defense Review, might cut the size of the force so deeply key missions would not be executable.
As some lawmakers mull changing the law to permit overseas sales of the Air Force's F-22A Raptor, U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Timothy Keating is steering clear of the debate.
The White House has announced Sean Stackley will continue serving as the Navy’s acquisition executive.
French Air Force Gen. Stéphane Abrial will succeed U.S. Marine Gen. James Mattis as NATO's supreme allied commander transformation (SACT) tomorrow in a ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in port at Naval Station Norfolk, VA.
The White House announced today that Thomas Paul D'Agostino will continue serving as under secretary for nuclear security of the Department of Energy and administrator for nuclear security of the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is slated today to visit Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter factory in Fort Worth, TX. He will tour the facility, talk with employees there and conduct a brief media availability, according to the Pentagon.
In bilateral maritime security talks that concluded yesterday in Beijing, China urged America to “reduce, and gradually put an end to air and sea military surveillance and survey operations to avoid naval confrontations,” China's official Xinhua news service said Aug. 27.
The Navy's 5th Fleet, which operates under U.S. Central Command, released a statement today about Somali pirates' firing on a Navy helicopter.
The National Governors Association complained again today about efforts to give the Pentagon expanded authorities to respond to domestic disasters.
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said today that a cargo ship that mysteriously disappeared has been found near the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, according to wire service reports.
The full House today passed a $636 billion defense appropriations bill by a 400-30 vote.
The White House today announced plans to nominate Frank Kendall to be deputy under secretary of defense for acquisition and technology.
One of the largest and most senior Chinese delegations ever to come to the United States is in Washington this week for strategic and economic talks that will address national security issues.
U.S. Special Operations Command is asserting it needs an additional $180 million to repair the Advanced SEAL Delivery System damaged by a November 2008 fire.
Citing doubts about the future of the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program, House appropriators have proposed cutting $50 million from the Pentagon's $293.5 million fiscal year 2010 request for the effort.
Lockheed Martin announced today that 600 workers on the terminated VH-71 presidential helicopter program in Owego, NY, would lose their jobs, prompting a local congressman on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee to again call for the program's revival.
Sens. Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sent a letter about Iran to President Obama in advance of his summit with Russian President Medvedev in Moscow next week.