The Marine Corps has grounded three types of aircraft -- including the MV-22 Osprey -- for unrelated problems, the Defense Department announced today.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Sunday, December 8, 2024
The Marine Corps has grounded three types of aircraft -- including the MV-22 Osprey -- for unrelated problems, the Defense Department announced today.
The Defense Information Systems Agency has picked IIT Research Institute for a $276.5 million contract to support the Joint Spectrum Center.
The Air Force announced a slew of high-level job changes this week, including the selection of a new F-22 program office chief.
Brown & Root Services has been picked to manage the Cooperative Threat Reduction program's Liquid-fuel ICBM project, an effort to assist Russia in dismantling long-range missiles, silos and launchers.
Conti Environmental has been awarded a contract that could be worth up to $300 million for hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste remediation at military and civilian agencies, the Defense Department announced today.
The Army is assessing what went wrong during a test yesterday of a tactical laser weapon under development for Israel.
The services are preparing budget estimate submissions to meet a Sept. 22 deadline set by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which is expected to release a program decision memorandum guiding the BES development process early next week.
Defense Secretary William Cohen said today that he has not yet decided whether to recommend that President Clinton go forward with plans to deploy a National Missile Defense system.
The Defense Department announced today that Army Maj. Gen. Reginal Clemmons has been picked to head the National War College.
The Army disclosed today that its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile system successfully destroyed two cruise missile targets late last month.
The Federation of American Scientists, an organization formed by Manhattan Project scientists in 1945, has asked a federal court to grant Wen Ho Lee's motion for bail and release from prison.
A test pitting the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 theater missile defense system against a cruise missile target was canceled this morning, according to Army sources.
The president has picked an Army general for the Joint Staff's top command, control, communications and computers position, the Defense Department announced today.
National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden has gone outside his organization to find his next deputy, choosing former NSA employee William Black for the No. 2 position at the Ft. Meade, MD-based agency.
Fourteen of 17 major Pentagon programs reviewed by the Pentagon inspector general for their adherence to an "open systems" development approach received milestone approvals without clearly defined open design objectives or strategies for achieving those objectives, according to a new IG report.
Senior Pentagon officials yesterday gave the Army the go-ahead to proceed with the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense System.
The Defense Department announced today that Maj. Gen. Joseph Cosumano has been nominated for a third star and the position of commanding general, U.S. Space and Missile Defense Command.
Defense Secretary William Cohen announced yesterday that Rear Adm. Paul Gaffney has been nominated for a third star and the position of National Defense University president.
Starting tomorrow, 18,700 military personnel from the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Canada will participate in "Roving Sands '00," which the Army bills as the world's largest air and missile defense training exercise.
Citing the "lessons of Kosovo," Defense Secretary William Cohen announced late last week that the United States and five allies have agreed to "explore cooperation in the acquisition and stockpiling of precision-guided munitions."