Jason Sherman

Jason Sherman is a reporter for Inside Defense. For more than two decades -- including stints with Defense News and Armed Forces Journal -- he has covered the Pentagon, defense industry, the military budget, weapon system acquisition and defense policy formulation as well as reporting on technology, business, and global arms trade. Jason has traveled to more than 40 countries, studied medieval history at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and lives in Brooklyn.

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Daily News | June 14, 2006

Negotiations this week between U.S. and British officials over the transfer of sensitive technologies key to the next-generation Joint Strike Fighter reached an impasse on the eve of a high-level, bilateral meeting Thursday intended to resolve the issue, threatening to prolong a festering disagreement between the two allies.

Daily News | June 13, 2006

The Defense Department is seeking expanded authority to protect select military and civilian personnel deemed "high-risk" targets for possible terrorist attacks, both in the United States and abroad, by employing security guards empowered to conduct arrests.

Daily News | June 12, 2006

The Defense Department plans to offer the Department of Homeland Security new assistance to enhance its planning for short-notice, large-scale mobilizations in response to domestic disasters, according to a senior Pentagon official.

Daily News | June 9, 2006

The Defense Department has hammered out an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to place Navy ships under Coast Guard command for domestic counterterrorism actions, a "largely unprecedented" arrangement designed to enhance maritime homeland security missions, according to a senior Pentagon official.

Daily News | June 8, 2006

NEW YORK -- The Defense Department next month plans to demonstrate a rapidly deployable air defense package that could protect high-profile national events against cruise missiles and other low-flying threats.

Daily News | June 7, 2006

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has directed the U.S. military to expand its capacity to respond to multiple, near-simultaneous domestic terrorist attacks involving weapons of mass destruction, calling for the armed forces to be prepared to deal with a dozen different scenarios involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosives (CBRNE).

Daily News | June 6, 2006

The Defense Department is planning to further consolidate its military intelligence programs this summer under its new management umbrella as part of an ongoing effort to better administrate the Pentagon's vast intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities.

Daily News | June 5, 2006

The Army, Navy and Marine Corps are wrapping up first drafts of their respective six-year spending plans, classified documents that spell out what weapon system programs each proposes to fund as well as those targeted for cuts between fiscal years 2008 to 2013, according to Pentagon officials.

Daily News | June 1, 2006

President Bush has codified a number of changes to the U.S. military's command structure in an update of the Pentagon's Unified Command Plan, realigning territorial responsibilities and assigning new missions to the top brass who oversee American forces around the world.

Daily News | May 31, 2006

The Defense Department is proposing a "significant upgrade" to Pakistan's ability to sink ships as part of a $370 million package of new missiles designed to improve the naval operational flexibility of the South Asian nation.

Daily News | May 23, 2006

The Defense Department earlier this month launched a trio of analyses intended to refine the requirement for a system designed to protect U.S. territory, forces overseas and, eventually, friends and allies from ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as fast-moving airborne threats.

Daily News | May 22, 2006

The Defense Department is reorganizing a key office that oversees the procurement of major weapon systems, a move intended in part to fulfill a Quadrennial Defense Review goal of restored confidence in the military's acquisition system.

Daily News | May 19, 2006

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has directed the Defense Department to prepare a new investment plan that significantly increases spending on non-lethal weapons, laying the groundwork for their wider use, according to military sources.

Daily News | May 18, 2006

U.S. defense contractors are beginning modifications on a small fleet of Boeing 737 executive aircraft purchased by the Indian government to transport the South Asian nation's prime minister and president, installing technologies to defend against ground-launched, heat-seeking missiles.

Daily News | May 17, 2006

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England is moving to iron out a stubborn bureaucratic wrinkle over the leadership of the military's vast logistics system in a bid to propel the Defense Department toward its goal of establishing a cohesive distribution network reaching from factory to foxhole.

Daily News | May 16, 2006

The Defense Department has issued a revision of its policies designed to ensure U.S. forces and the private contractors that accompany them adhere to the laws and treaties that govern their actions in overseas missions.

Daily News | May 15, 2006

Lawmakers want a fuller accounting of how the Pentagon is executing the new blueprint for U.S. military forces spelled out in the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review, which was delivered to Congress earlier this year.

Daily News | May 11, 2006

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England has approved a new blueprint for how U.S. military forces will expand their capacity and skills to conduct irregular warfare, fulfilling a central proposal of the Quadrennial Defense Review, according to defense officials.

Daily News | May 10, 2006

Aiming to contain the threat of narcoterrorism and widen U.S. military influence over areas of strategic importance to the United States, the Defense Department is seeking permission to expand its counternarcotics partnerships with more than a dozen governments across Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America and Central Asia.

Daily News | May 9, 2006

The Defense Department has modified plans for the Navy's next-generation destroyer to reflect congressionally mandated force protection requirements, according to Pentagon officials.

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