The Air Force will announce the winner of the Long-Range Strike Bomber contract today at 5:15 p.m., according to a Pentagon statement.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 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.
The Air Force will announce the winner of the Long-Range Strike Bomber contract today at 5:15 p.m., according to a Pentagon statement.
Congressional leaders have agreed to a potential bipartisan budget deal that would raise the debt ceiling and lift sequestration spending caps by $80 billion for the next two fiscal years, with the Obama administration poised to receive $33 billion of the $38 billion national defense spending increase it has sought for fiscal year 2016, according to official documents and sources familiar with the still-emerging details.
Though several media reports have surfaced today indicating that Democrats and Republicans are close to an accord that would lift the debt ceiling and fund the federal government for the next two fiscal years, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest stressed that a deal has yet to be inked.
Congressional hearings this week are scheduled to feature Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford, and several defense acquisition experts.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today he hopes President Obama's recent veto of the defense authorization bill will drive Congress to compromise on a multiyear budget deal for the federal government.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is scheduled to brief the Pentagon press corps today at 1:45 p.m., according to a Defense Department announcement.
President Obama vetoed the defense authorization bill Thursday in the latest episode of the ongoing battle over the federal budget.
President Obama is scheduled to veto the defense authorization bill today, according to his daily schedule released by the White House.
Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates took Congress to task today for its continued legislative paralysis over the future of the federal budget.
Former Pentagon chief Bob Gates, who famously cut billions of dollars in modernization programs and rapidly procured fleets of armored trucks outside the Defense Department's traditional acquisition system, returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to advise Congress on the future of defense reform.
The Pentagon announced a host of senior executive service assignments and reassignments today, including that of Zachary Mears, who has been assigned as the deputy chief of staff for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
After authoring a defense authorization bill with the most comprehensive acquisition reforms in decades, the chairmen of the House and Senate armed services committees said Tuesday that fiscal year 2017 would be another banner year for defense reform.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) have joined forces to make their final appeal for passage of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill the White House has said President Obama will veto.
More than 100 House Republican lawmakers have signed a letter opposing a yearlong continuing resolution, which they say would have "devastating consequences" for national security.
The Washington defense community is watching the White House this week as Congress prepares to send President Obama a defense authorization bill he has threatened to veto.
A high-level Pentagon committee is now prioritizing new electronic warfare investments for fiscal year 2017, though any proposals will have to compete for limited resources within the Defense Department's strained budget.
Highlights from this week's edition of Inside the Pentagon:
In a significant policy shift, President Obama announced this week that the United States will keep 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through "most of 2016," and will maintain 5,500 troops into 2017.
President Obama notified Congress today that the United States plans to send 300 troops to Cameroon to help the local government combat insurgents affiliated with the extremist group Boko Haram.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter pledged Wednesday to submit a fiscal year 2017 budget request to Congress that will continue funding the training and development of the Afghan military as the Pentagon works with the White House and State Department to craft a new strategy for an enduring presence in Afghanistan.