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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.
A senior Air Force general making the case for the embattled F/A-22 fighter aircraft program told lawmakers that the U.S. military's ability to dominate the skies may be threatened by a Russian aircraft that has not yet been built, and which aerospace analysts believe may never fly.
A high-level Pentagon advisory panel has kicked off a study on whether to expand the authorities of the U.S. military's chief technology officer, the director of defense research and engineering.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is significantly changing the focus of the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review at the prompting of military commanders who believe the assessment must take a broader view of future challenges, according to Defense Department sources.
The $30 billion, pre-Christmas round of cuts to big-ticket weapons programs was the result of weeks of careful deliberations between Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior military leaders, according to officials involved in the process.
The White House this morning sent to Congress the first of two major defense spending requests due this month -- a $419.3 billion package to pay for training, equipping and preparing U.S. military forces in fiscal year 2006.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld plans to use the Quadrennial Defense Review to bring about historic changes and mold U.S. military might into more dynamic packages that are better able to deal with a wider range of threats, according to a senior Pentagon official.
While preliminary work on the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review is nearly compete, last-minute concerns raised by senior military officers about its focus are being ironed out and the Defense Department aims to begin the appraisal by mid-February, according to Pentagon sources.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has tapped a four-star general to coordinate U.S. military efforts to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, the first time the mission has been made a key responsibility of a combatant commander, according to Pentagon sources and documents.
The Pentagon is set to consider strategic nuclear forces in the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review, weighing them for the first time in a strategy assessment alongside conventional forces, according to defense sources.
Mounting budget pressures could trigger the most difficult investment decisions ever taken in a Quadrennial Defense Review, according to a senior Pentagon official.
The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a new, comprehensive defense against weapons of mass destruction that could reorder billions of dollars in current investments, expose unknown vulnerabilities and justify the establishment of a major new organization, according to Pentagon documents and defense sources.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is set to host the U.S. military's combatant commanders in Washington for a series of meetings beginning Jan. 24 that will culminate on Jan. 27 with a discussion on finalizing objectives for the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review, Pentagon officials said.
The Air Force is well equipped to meet all future challenges, including the irregular, catastrophic and disruptive threats the Pentagon wants to increase its capabilities against.
The Pentagon's transformation czar, Arthur Cebrowski, who has influenced thinking and helped shape policy on how to prepare for future military challenges, will retire at the end of this month on doctor's orders, according to his spokesman.
The Pentagon's upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review will be focused on four strategic problems, including defeating terrorists, protecting U.S. territory from attack and deterring the conventional military of a future great power.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is likely to face a difficult time marshaling support for one of his chief goals in the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review: steering investments away from conventional weapon systems and toward capabilities needed to deal with new threats.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is soliciting comments on a 40-page proposal that outlines issues to be examined in a strategy review that could shake up the size and structure of the U.S. military, as well as the mix of weapons it buys.
The Defense Department will launch 15 advanced technology and concept projects that aim to quickly field new capabilities for soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, according to a Pentagon statement.
The Defense Department will soon establish a cadre of officials to explain to Congress, the media, academia and think tanks the rationale behind changes to investment plans and significant policy decisions taken in the upcoming 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review.
The $30 billion batch of pre-Christmas cuts to Pentagon weapon systems could be a harbinger of even deeper cuts to big-ticket programs in the coming months, as the Defense Department prepares to launch a sweeping strategy review that is expected to further change what the military acquires.