The Quadrennial Defense Review will consider the role of the National Guard, including the percentage of the force structure that should be in the reserve component, the director of the National Guard Bureau said today.
Friday, December 6, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
Marjorie Censer was Inside Defense's editor until July 2021. She previously worked at the Washington Post and its local business publication Capital Business, covering defense industry reshaping, the increased scrutiny of contractors following the Edward Snowden case and the challenges of canceling military programs. From 2007 to 2010, she was managing editor of Inside the Army. She also previously worked as defense editor at POLITICO and as a staff writer at the Carroll County Times and the Princeton Packet. A Fairfax native, she graduated from Princeton University.
The Quadrennial Defense Review will consider the role of the National Guard, including the percentage of the force structure that should be in the reserve component, the director of the National Guard Bureau said today.
The Army today proposed a $142.1 billion base budget for fiscal year 2010, along with $83.1 billion in supplemental funding.
By Labor Day, the Army's Training and Doctrine Command is slated to prepare a "concept proposal" for the vehicle modernization effort that will replace the manned ground vehicle component of the service's Future Combat Systems program, a senior budget official said today.
The House Appropriations committee is recommending the addition of nearly $340 million to the fiscal year 2009 supplemental appropriations bill to buy 260 more Stryker vehicles.
The Defense Department is slated to unveil its fiscal year 2010 budget request Thursday in a series of briefings, according to a Pentagon source.
All of the remaining competitors in the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle competition have delivered additional versions of the trucks to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, company representatives confirmed today.
All of the remaining bidders in the fast-paced Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle competition have been informed they will move forward, allowing for additional survivability and mobility testing of their vehicles before a production decision in June.
The Marine Corps may have to rethink its partnership in the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program if the weight of the vehicle is not reduced, the commandant said today.
The "flawed" fee structure of the Army's Future Combat Systems program featured high fixed fees and was not focused enough on objective results, the Pentagon's outgoing chief procurement official said today.
The "biggest concern" about the MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle program is whether it will be able to deliver all of the desired survivability in a lighter weight package, the outgoing DOD acquisition executive said today.
The Army has pushed back the proposal due date in the "rebuy" competition for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles by one month, with proposals now due by May 27.
Marking the Army's first public response since Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the cancellation of the vehicle component of the Future Combat Systems program early this month, a top official said today the Army is "totally committed" to a new vehicle modernization effort.
As a "corrective action" meant to address a protest filed by a competitor, the Army and Marine Corps have amended the request for proposals for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle program to clarify the definitions of "hull" and "hull breach."
The Pentagon has reprogrammed $840 million to support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle sustainment in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as transportation of the vehicles and parts to those countries.
Though asking for more money for defense “in the middle of a massive financial crisis is not the news most want to hear,” one analyst says most of the priorities in President Obama's $83.4 billion supplemental request “seem reassuring.”
The Army and Marine Corps have amended the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle program's request for proposals, resulting in the withdrawal of a protest filed by Navistar.
A new Army vehicle modernization program “will take 15 years or more to implement,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday, while also stressing the importance of launching that effort.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today the decision to cancel all of the eight manned ground vehicles in the Future Combat Systems program was the last and "toughest" he had to make in drawing up a list of fiscal year 2010 budget recommendations.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates dealt a serious blow to the Army's top modernization effort this afternoon, announcing the termination of all of the Future Combat Systems program's eight manned ground vehicles, as part of his fiscal year 2010 budget recommendations to President Obama.