The Air Force has sent Lockheed Martin a final contract valued at approximately $320 million to build 10 F-16s for the Chilean Air Force, the company announced today.
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The Air Force has sent Lockheed Martin a final contract valued at approximately $320 million to build 10 F-16s for the Chilean Air Force, the company announced today.
The Senate Armed Services Committee is still wary of the Defense Department's use of spiral development as part of a new acquisition strategy to speed up the fielding of new weapon systems, according to congressional sources and documents.
The Defense Department is having trouble keeping track of the emergency funds designated for the war on terrorism, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.
The Bush administration has failed to adequately improve security at U.S. ports as mandated in recent legislation, according to Sens. Fritz Hollings (D-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ).
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Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz this week signed a new Pentagon acquisition policy that emphasizes flexibility for program managers and calls for innovative and efficient business operations.
The ranking members of the House Appropriations, Armed Services, Government Reform and Budget committees today voiced their opposition to a Defense Department legislative proposal that would extend extraordinary flexibility to DOD in reporting to Congress on acquisition and personnel matters.
In the wake of conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the United States will likely change the number of troops permanently deployed abroad as well as where they are deployed, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.
The chief executive officer of the company that makes the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle wants Congress to restore program funding in fiscal year 2004.
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The Defense Department has failed to implement an October 2001 General Accounting Office recommendation to develop a strategic workforce plan for its maintenance depots, GAO states in a new report.
President Bush announced Wednesday he is nominating a Raytheon executive to be the assistant secretary of defense for special operations/low intensity conflict.
House Democratic lawmakers today peppered senior Defense Department officials with questions about the urgency of the Pentagon's proposed legislation that would extend extraordinary flexibility to DOD in reporting to Congress on personnel and acquisition matters.
The mark-ups for the fiscal year 2004 defense authorization bill scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) have been postponed, the House Armed Services Committee announced today.
The White House is calling on the Defense Department not to exceed the fiscal year 2005 budget limits DOD used for its FY-04 funding request.