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The Office of the Secretary of Defense is set to kick off a sweeping review encompassing the Pentagon's entire portfolio of training programs that could change investment plans for preparing the military and its partners for 21st-century challenges, OSD officials tell Inside the Pentagon.
In addition to China, Iran and other "countries of concern" could be the main beneficiaries of any European Union move to lift its embargo on arms sales to Beijing, warns a new Pentagon report.
Republican Dana Rohrabacher of California wants to offer an amendment to the House fiscal year 2007 defense authorization bill that would establish an Air Force office to promote civilian-military cooperation in achieving cheaper and faster access to space.
Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, a decorated commander during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, visited U.S. officials in Iraq recently and came away impressed with the spirit and effectiveness of American troops there, but not so sanguine about the interagency support they receive.
The Pentagon is seeking authority from Congress to use operations and maintenance money to provide Internet-based training for foreign military and civilian personnel who could participate in multinational operations.
The man in charge of the National Nuclear Security Administration's defense programs outlined for lawmakers yesterday the agency's latest plan for restructuring the country's nuclear weapons complex to make it smaller but more efficient.
On the eve of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Capitol Hill to sell a landmark U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement to Congress, one House Armed Services Committee member is asking her to take this opportunity to address concerns lawmakers have raised about the pact, including whether it will promote stability in South Asia.
As the U.S.-led coalition prepared for war against Iraq in 2002 and early 2003 by pouring troops and materiel into the Middle East, key members of Saddam Hussein's government viewed the build-up as a lesser danger than a possible coup attempt from within its ranks, according to a report released today by U.S. Joint Forces Command.
The technological edge the United States and United Kingdom enjoy in high-performance computing and other critical military technologies is "under threat," and attempts by the two nations to address the problem by turning to commercial-off-the-shelf capabilities will prove futile, according to a first-of-its-kind joint report recently unveiled by the Defense Science Board and the U.K. Defence Scientific Advisory Council.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has approved the creation of a seven-member subcommittee to oversee the National Security Agency's Terrorist Surveillance Program, full panel Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) announced yesterday.
The Office of Management and Budget is asking the Defense Department and other federal agencies to each give a senior official responsibility for geospatial information issues.
Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has called on the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to offer combatant commands more opportunities in service-sponsored experimentation, according to a memorandum he signed last month.
The Bush administration today unveiled its $9.3 billion fiscal year 2007 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, which manages the country's nuclear weapons complex and an array of nonproliferation programs.
The Congressional Research Service yesterday unveiled its review of recommendations from key advisers to the energy secretary on reshaping the nation's nuclear weapons complex for the future.
The Energy Department today kicked off a competition for a massive management contract for operations at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, where scientists are busy developing the tools needed to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without full-blown underground tests.
The nation's top intelligence official today announced the formal establishment of the National Counterproliferation Center to coordinate the federal government's strategic planning for stemming the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
The University of California team that includes Bechtel National, BWX Technologies and Washington Group International has won a high-stakes competition for the contract to operate Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced today.
Two House Democrats are asking conferees working on the fiscal year 2006 defense authorization bill to strike a section of the chamber's version of the legislation that, in effect, would impose sanctions on companies that transfer sensitive military goods to China.
Pentagon officials should take steps to ensure strategic technology issues are given higher priority within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, or risk jeopardizing the military's ability to fully exploit scientific advancements in the new century, according to a new Defense Science Board report.
House and Senate appropriations conferees yesterday finished work on a $30.5 billion fiscal year 2006 energy and water spending bill that includes funding for Energy Department nuclear weapons-related projects and national laboratories.