Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn has ordered that the Army take over from the Pentagon acquisition office as the lead acquisition component for the Joint Tactical Radio System, according to a program spokesman.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn has ordered that the Army take over from the Pentagon acquisition office as the lead acquisition component for the Joint Tactical Radio System, according to a program spokesman.
If Congress does not pass the fiscal year 2009 supplemental funding request by the end of the month, the Army will have problems paying troops in July, Lt. Gen. Edgar Stanton, the service's military deputy for budget, said this morning.
Congress has approved $50 million to equip special forces teams in Iraq with the Land Warrior system, according to a reprogramming request submitted to Congress in April.
As the Army beefs up its electronic warfare abilities, an article published by the Russian state news agency suggests that Moscow's plans for an equivalent electronic warfare cadre were "thwarted" by the country's economic crisis.
New Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter this week circulated the findings of a new Defense Science Board report that advocates a new Defense Department "business plan" and strengthening leadership among the acquisition workforce.
The Army has awarded three companies contracts worth approximately $12 million each for the Ground Soldier Ensemble program, setting up a technology-development stage in which the winners will compete for what could be billions of dollars in production deals.
Counterinsurgency guru and Rhodes scholar John Nagl was named the president of the Center for a New American Security on Feb. 13.