Plenty of news on defense budget and procurement issues was generated last week at a two-day investor conference in New York that featured a slew of senior DOD types.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Plenty of news on defense budget and procurement issues was generated last week at a two-day investor conference in New York that featured a slew of senior DOD types.
The Army has released its much-anticipated request for proposals for the Ground Combat Vehicle, according to a statement that just reached us.
In CNBC's lead-in to a segment on growing tensions between the United States and China, the network's Power Lunch program today featured at some length an Inside the Army story published on InsideDefense.com earlier this month.
The leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee have announced their line-ups for the 111th Congress, issuing a slate of subcommittee assignments today that includes a few changes.
The Air Force is touting its first-ever "renewable energy industry day," set for Irving, Texas, next month:
As expected, the Democratic leadership of the House Armed Services Committee took a beating last night, leaving way up in the air the question of what comes next.
The Association of the U.S. Army's annual meeting begins Monday, and InsideDefense.com will be covering it in force.
Congress will get its say (and hear DOD's) on Defense Secretary Robert Gates' efficiencies initiative next week.
Worth noting: The announcement today of the administration's pick of a new vice chief of staff was presaged a few weeks ago right here, in a story written by Inside the Air Force editor Marcus Weisgerber:
The Pentagon announced last night that Raytheon has won a contract in the Excalibur 1B program. From the release:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has issued another memo explaining his push for efficiency initiatives.
Sources confirm this morning that the Army has canceled the current request for proposals for the Ground Combat Vehicle, with the requirements for the program under review.
The Army's new Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Acquisition Strategy contains some eye-popping numbers on the juggernaut that is the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program.
Asked today what will happen to Gen. Ray Odierno, who has been nominated to take over as commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command, if JFCOM is dissolved, Gates said he has talked to the general (now in charge of U.S. forces in Iraq) and Odierno is on board with the move, which Gates estimates will take about a year.
Reports of U.S. Joint Forces Command's impending demise were all it took for Virginia lawmakers to step into action, calling an "emergency" press conference for today at 4:00.
The Senate Armed Services Committee today approved the nomination of Gen. James Mattis for the post of U.S. Central Command chief, as well as the nominations of a couple of key National Nuclear Security Administration officials, according to the panel.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his South Korean counterpart today announced new military exercises aimed at North Korea.
The National Defense University and the Institute for National Strategic Studies is sponsoring an event next month that's centered on the premise, as stated in the symposium's title, that "economic security is national security."
Just posted this morning is a key document for anyone interested in the Stryker program.
InsideDefense.com has turned up an interesting document on IEDs.