The Senate voted 92-7 today to confirm former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan as the next deputy defense secretary.
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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.
The Senate voted 92-7 today to confirm former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan as the next deputy defense secretary.
The Government Accountability Office has released a report detailing the Defense Department's system for acquiring commercial items and the moves it has taken to comply with legislation aimed at streamlining the process.
The Senate is scheduled to vote this evening on the nomination of former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan to become deputy defense secretary, according to an announcement from Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX).
The week ahead features several confirmation hearings for senior Pentagon positions, Lockheed Martin's quarterly earnings call and a Navy technology conference.
House Republicans heralded the newly passed fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill Friday as the beginning of a turnaround for the defense budget, but the legislation blows past legal spending caps to the tune of $72 billion and has yet to be supported by the bipartisan framework required to increase spending.
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday will consider the nomination of former Textron executive Ellen Lord to become the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, as well as other senior-level defense nominees.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to advance the nomination of Richard Spencer to become Navy secretary to the full Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has set up a procedural vote Monday for the nomination of former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan to become the next deputy defense secretary.
The Defense Department inspector general asserts that the Pentagon has failed to implement recommendations that could save as much as $33.6 billion, according to a new report from the department's watchdog.
The White House opposes a portion of the House fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill that would grant Congress new oversight of cyber operations, according to a statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget.
The White House Office of Management and Budget is criticizing the House version of the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill for "misuse" of Overseas Contingency Operations funds, according to a July 11 statement of administration policy.
The State Department has cleared Romania to purchase seven Patriot air defense systems for $3.9 billion, according to an announcement from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has directed the Senate to remain in session during the first two weeks of its scheduled August recess in a bid to pass healthcare legislation and the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill.
The Army is set to embark on a new vehicle upgrade program that will likely draw industry rivals BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems into another intense competition, according to a new story from Inside Defense.
The week ahead is driven by two confirmation hearings for nominees to become senior Defense Department officials, along with a technology summit featuring Pentagon speakers.
Though the Defense Intelligence Agency considers Russia's military to be "on the rise," a recent DIA report states Russia is slated to spend 30 percent less on defense in 2017 than it did the previous year.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled a Wednesday hearing to consider nominees for four senior Pentagon posts.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the United States was aware of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test the moment it was launched July 3.
Here are a few must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon.
The Army is mapping out an upgrade program for its Vietnam-era M113 armored troop carrier that would again pit the two largest combat vehicle manufacturers against each other in a contest for survivability and affordability.