Defense Secretary Ash Carter made it clear today that the United States is now fully engaged in cyberattacks against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
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.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter made it clear today that the United States is now fully engaged in cyberattacks against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The Pentagon intends to establish an East Coast version of Defense Secretary Ash Carter's new Silicon Valley outreach team in June.
A Boeing-Lockheed Martin team announced today that it will forgo further legal action against the Air Force's decision to award its $80 billion Long-Range Strike Bomber contract to Northrop Grumman.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) has vowed to oppose authorization of the Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber contract to Northrop Grumman because the Pentagon has committed to a cost-plus arrangement, giving the potentially $80 billion program a powerful enemy on Capitol Hill.
The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office recently revealed analysis showing the Defense Department's projected spending plan for 2016-2020 could exceed spending caps set by the 2011 Budget Control Act by as much as $162 billion because of a variety of rosy assumptions based on congressional cooperation and weapon system costs.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter's Silicon Valley outreach team -- the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), is slated to be funded at $150 million over the next five years, according to Pentagon budget documents released last week.
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The Pentagon's acquisition chief says his newly drafted proposal recommending Congress take steps to regulate consolidation among major defense contractors is being reviewed by "interagency" authorities, including the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department and the House and Senate Judiciary committees.
The GOP-led House Budget Committee will not take up the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution this month, according to a committee aide, who said consideration of the blueprint was being punted until March.
The Defense Department formally submitted the Obama administration's plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility today, a proposal that would allegedly save $335 million over the next 10 years and $1.7 billion over 20 years, according to a statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook.
The week ahead is dominated by congressional hearings on the FY-17 defense budget, the most high-profile of which features Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford appearing before House appropriators.
The Pentagon is planning to fund the Strategic Capabilities Office to the tune of $2.1 billion over the next five years in the hopes of supporting the secretive outfit's efforts to develop "game-changing" capabilities intended to give the United States a technological edge over emerging global threats, according to new budget documents that outline the SCO's planned investments.
The Pentagon has released its justification books for defense-wide procurement and research, development, test and evaluation programs.
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The Pentagon has launched a new review of all services contracts to ensure they are still required, according to Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord.
The Pentagon is requesting $3.6 billion in fiscal year 2017 and $18 billion over the next five years to invest in the so-called "Third Offset" strategy meant to stem the erosion of U.S. superiority on 21st century battlefields.
North Korea continues to put resources toward developing a nuclear missile capable of reaching the continental United States, according to a recent Pentagon report sent to Congress.
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The Pentagon was forced to cut $11.2 billion from modernization programs to help plug a $17 billion shortfall in fiscal year 2017, according to Defense Department Comptroller Mike McCord.
The Pentagon is seeking $184 billion in total weapon system modernization for fiscal year 2017, up from $177 billion sought in FY-16, according to newly released budget documents.