Thursday, May 15, 2025
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With Inauguration Day looming and Defense Secretary-designate Donald Rumsfeld considered a shoo-in for early confirmation, President-elect Bush and his national security advisers are beginning to solidify their Pentagon leadership team, according to sources following the transition.
The Defense Department has developed new guidance for service programs that provide each state emergency preparedness liaison officers who help coordinate military input to disaster relief and cleanup operations.
Exit criteria, used to establish goals for major defense acquisition efforts, should be better tailored to the programs they support to give acquisition leaders the information they need to make milestone decisions, the Pentagon inspector general states in a new report.
The Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing for Donald Rumsfeld, President-elect Bush's pick to lead the Pentagon, on Jan. 11, according to sources.
McDonnell Douglas has been awarded a $62.1 million C-17 program contract to cover rate changes resulting from the company's merger with Boeing, the Defense Department announced today.
Boeing has beaten out Lockheed Martin for a lucrative satellite contract that could be worth $1.3 billion over the next decade, the Air Force announced.
President-elect Bush has picked Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI), who lost his reelection bid in November, to lead the Energy Department.
The surprise selection of Donald Rumsfeld to head the Bush Pentagon hasn't changed the betting for the No. 2 slot as Richard Armitage, a former assistant secretary of defense, is still widely viewed as the favorite, according to defense experts.
Donald Rumsfeld, selected yesterday by President-elect Bush to run the Pentagon again after a tour there during the Ford administration, is best known in defense circles today for chairing a commission in 1998 that changed the way in which missile defense is approached by the United States.
The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. a $734.5 million contract for 12 C-130J aircraft.
Northrop Grumman announced today it has acquired Litton Industries Inc. in a transaction worth approximately $5.1 billion.
Rep. Joe Moakley (D-MA), who has worked for a decade to close the Army's School of the Americas, said yesterday that the Pentagon's congressionally mandated decision to rename and refocus it may amount to little more than a "cosmetic change for the infamous military school."
PricewaterhouseCoopers today won a $454 million contract for the Army's "University Access Online" program, the Defense Department announced.
Northrop Grumman yesterday was awarded a $303 million contract for phase one of the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program, the Defense Department announced.
Pentagon acquisition chief Jacques Gansler has directed the services to designate programs for a pilot project designed to test a new way of buying weapon systems and other goods and services.
To ensure U.S. warfighters "dominate the computer information domain in future conflicts," the Defense Department has approved the establishment of five reserve organizations that will support DOD information operations and assurance initiatives.
The Defense Department's compliance with its information assurance vulnerability policy has not been consistent, the DOD inspector general states in a report released today.
The General Accounting Office continues to question the Pentagon's plans for myriad antiarmor weapon systems in a new report that suggests the Army should rethink its plans to move a $4 billion tank killer into production early next year.
Rockwell Collins announced last week that it has completed the acquisition of K Systems Inc., parent company of Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Hugh Shelton is hosting a one-day conference for former chairmen at the Pentagon today, the Defense Department announced.