Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Citing the "lessons of Kosovo," Defense Secretary William Cohen announced late last week that the United States and five allies have agreed to "explore cooperation in the acquisition and stockpiling of precision-guided munitions."
Navy Secretary Richard Danzig has told Defense Secretary Bill Cohen the service's recent long-term budget submission to the Office of the Secretary of Defense meets near-term goals but presents "significant out-year risk."
The United States and its allied partners need to develop new strategic thinking for conflicts in the post-Cold War world that rejects the notion that conflicts will lead to nuclear war and relies on the most decisive use of force used as quickly as possible, former NATO Supreme Commander Gen. Wesley Clark said today.
A General Accounting Office report released today recommends the Navy revise the schedule and funding profile for its theater wide missile defense system to mitigate against schedule and technological risks.
In a report delivered yesterday to the Senate Appropriations Committee, the General Accounting Office said the Defense Department needs to draw up a uniform method of determining the costs of overseas contingency operations.
The Pentagon announced today that Taiwan has requested permission to purchase $356 million worth of electronic upgrades to its fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft.
The March 1999 decision to transfer control of commercial satellite exports from the Commerce Department to the State Department was a mistake and has damaged U.S. national security in the process, a senior government official told lawmakers yesterday.
The Ft. Meade, MD-based National Security Agency announced today it will move ahead with plans to outsource the bulk of the agency's "non-mission related" information technology support functions, a deal that could be worth $4 billion to the winning vendor over a 10-year period.
President Clinton yesterday urged Congress to quickly pass the fiscal year 2000 supplemental spending bill, warning that continued delays will hurt Army readiness and could force the administration to extend the amount of time U.S. peacekeeping troops are in Kosovo.
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has been named chairman of a congressionally mandated commission that will examine the management and organization of national security space programs, the House Armed Services Committee announced yesterday.
President Clinton's and Russian President Vladimir Putin's agreement Sunday to move forward on a joint early warning missile center in Moscow will eventually alert each nation of missiles launched by other countries and aimed at either the United States or Russia.
A congressionally formed commission on terrorist threats to the United States is recommending giving the Defense Department lead agency status, possibly with law enforcement powers, for responding to a terrorist attack that results in thousands of casualties.
The Pentagon yesterday awarded the Boeing Sikorsky Comanche Team a $3.2 billion contract for the helicopter program's engineering and manufacturing development phase.
The Air Force has awarded Boeing an $8.2 million contract to supply Joint Direct Attack Munitions to Israel for integration on Israeli F-16s, the company announced yesterday.
Israel's senior missile defense official said today his country wants to test the Arrow missile defense system at U.S. test ranges and against U.S. ballistic missile targets at some point in its development.
The Navy has awarded Litton Avondale Industries a $477.7 million contract to build the fourth San Antonio-class amphibious assault ship, the company announced today.
A senior Pentagon official has told House and Senate lawmakers an ongoing study of the utility of sea-based national missile defenses confirms an earlier analysis showing no technical reasons why the Navy could not assume a major role in NMD.
The Air Force has awarded TRW a $284.7 million contract to set up and operate a networked, real-time distributed flight training system, the company announced yesterday.
Saudi Arabia has awarded Raytheon a $300 million contract for technical assistance, training and logistics support for the country's Patriot and Hawk air defense systems, the company announced today.
A senior House lawmaker yesterday called on the president to refrain from agreeing to cut strategic offensive weapons below 2,500 warheads at the U.S.-Russia summit early next month. Any rash agreements, House Armed Services military research and development subcommittee Chairman Curt Weldon (R-PA) warned, could have grave consequences for U.S. national security.