President Obama has announced his intent to nominate Deborah Lee James as Air Force secretary. She is president of the technology and engineering sector at Science Applications International Corp.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
President Obama has announced his intent to nominate Deborah Lee James as Air Force secretary. She is president of the technology and engineering sector at Science Applications International Corp.
The Air Force's next-generation bomber program could be delayed depending how the department responds if faced with a new round of major budget cuts, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld told lawmakers today.
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter today issued further guidance on implementing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's call for a 20 percent cut in management headquarters spending throughout the Defense Department.
The Pentagon will launch its Quadrennial Defense Review this fall with the aim of developing recommendations for President Obama on how to implement huge defense budget cuts with long-term strategic implications, a senior defense official said today.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld will conduct a press briefing to discuss the recent Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR) at 2:30 p.m. today in the Pentagon Briefing Room.
Afghan forces are not fielding nearly enough units to counter improvised explosive devices, the leading cause of deaths and injuries to coalition and Afghan troops and civilians in Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report released today.
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld are slated to testify Thursday before the House Armed Services Committee about the initial conclusions of the Pentagon's Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR).
U.S. diplomatic advisers will study the "changing global energy geopolitics and the related international security challenges and opportunities for U.S. foreign policy," according to a memo obtained by InsideDefense.com.
State Department advisers will study potential ways to develop a "framework for international cyber stability" according to a memo obtained by InsideDefense.com.
A new Pentagon report warns espionage targeting U.S. weapons and defense industry trade secrets is steadily rising, with spies in the Asia-Pacific region increasingly using cyber operations to steal electronics information and other methods to pilfer missile technology.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will slash funding for his office, the Joint Staff and military headquarters by 20 percent in the fiscal year 2015 to 2019 budget process, the Defense Department announced Tuesday night in a statement.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will slash funding for his office, the Joint Staff and military headquarters by 20 percent in the fiscal year 2015 to 2019 budget process, the Defense Department announced Tuesday night in a statement.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who will host China's defense minister at the Pentagon next month, will travel to China in 2014, the Obama administration announced today following bilateral talks between China and the U.S.
Afghan forces have capability gaps and will face an "enduring challenge" attempting to maintain security in all parts of the country, including remote, mountainous areas threatened by insurgents, Peter Lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs said Thursday in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Further sequestration in fiscal year 2014 would force the Pentagon to "sharply reduce" funding for procurement, research and development and military construction accounts to accommodate a $52 billion cut to the department's topline, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the Senate Armed Services Committee today in a long-awaited report.
A Pentagon assessment of industry's efforts to avoid cost and schedule problems in major programs declares no winners or losers among prime contractors, but spotlights long-term performance trends in a bid to foster improvements.
Poor management is by far the biggest cause of huge cost overruns in the Defense Department's major weapons programs, Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall writes in a new 126-page assessment, his first annual report on the performance of the defense acquisition system.
The Government Accountability Office is taking a fresh look at the high-stakes VXX presidential helicopter program at the urging of the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee.
Former Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO) will succeed former Defense Secretary William Perry as chairman of the State Department's International Security Advisory Board, Secretary of State John Kerry recently announced.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel plans to appoint former Defense Secretary William Perry and former U.S. Central Command chief Gen. John Abizaid to lead an independent panel that will assess the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review, sources familiar with the decision tell InsideDefense.com.