The House Armed Services Committee passed its version of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-1 vote early this morning, setting up a final vote on the House floor in the coming weeks.
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Tony Bertuca is chief editor of Inside the Pentagon, the flagship publication of InsideDefense, where he focuses on defense budget and acquisition policy. He previously worked for the Sun-Times News Group in his hometown of Chicago, IL, and at the New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester, NH. Tony has also served as managing editor of Inside the Army. He has a master's degree in journalism from Boston University.
703-562-8742The House Armed Services Committee passed its version of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-1 vote early this morning, setting up a final vote on the House floor in the coming weeks.
Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon.
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The Pentagon says the recent spate of aviation crashes being investigated by the military service branches is "not a crisis" that requires a department-wide review, despite rumblings from Capitol Hill that a more holistic investigation is necessary.
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The Government Accountability Office today established a new bid-protest process, which creates a new electronic docketing system and implements a new filing fee.
An industry group representing information technology contractors wants Congress to provide greater transparency on the Pentagon's controversial plans to award a potentially lucrative cloud-computing contract to a single company.
The week ahead features appearances from senior Pentagon officials at several think tank and military association events around Washington.
A two-year, bipartisan spending deal brokered in February has granted the Pentagon a period of fiscal stability, but that window is quickly closing as Congress eyes 2018 midterm elections and the return of mandatory budget caps.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has told Congress that Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, is failing to live up to the Pentagon's expectations.
Here are some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon.
New legislation being considered by the House Armed Services Committee could result in the elimination or restructuring of the Strategic Capabilities Office by Oct. 1, 2020.
The Aerospace Industries Association says Congress should repeal statutory budget caps and the Pentagon should embrace a streamlined acquisition system if they are to maintain a healthy defense industrial base.