The Army has selected Computer Sciences Corporation to take part in a $2.5 billion support services program for the Army's Aviation and Missile Command, the company announced today.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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The Army has selected Computer Sciences Corporation to take part in a $2.5 billion support services program for the Army's Aviation and Missile Command, the company announced today.
The General Accounting Office, citing its review of the Defense Department's antiarmor weapons plan, suggests in a new report that Congress either restrict the military's funding until a more comprehensive report is produced or establish an annual funding cap to force DOD to prioritize among its many tank killers.
President Clinton has nominated James Sheaks for the new position of assistant secretary of state for verification and compliance, the White House announced today.
Conceding the United States will likely never be able to prevent all terrorist acts against U.S. military and government facilities, the Pentagon plans to spend $130 million over the next six years on eight research programs aimed mostly at the early detection of terrorist devices, according to research plans the Pentagon released last month.
Concerned the Navy and the Air Force might not fully support the Joint Strike Fighter program in their long-term budget plans, Deputy Defense Secretary Rudy de Leon issued a letter Tuesday to civilian and uniformed leaders of both departments, urging them to fully fund the tri-service fighter program.
Now that the Justice Department has removed local protesters from the Naval Training Range on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, a senior Navy official said today the service might resume training on Vieques within a few weeks.
Navy Under Secretary Jerry Hultin is leaving the Pentagon to become dean of the Stevens Institute's Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management, the Defense Department announced yesterday.
The Clinton administration's plan to spend more than $200 million to broaden a program that encourages Russian chemical and biological weapons experts to conduct peaceful civilian research poses potential risks to the United States, the General Accounting Office said in a report released today.
The Marine Corps' top aviation official will brief reporters tomorrow on the ongoing investigations into what caused a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to crash in Marana, AZ, on April 8, killing 19 Marines.
Three members of Russia's lower house of parliament said today if the United States moves ahead with plans to field a national missile defense it would cause a "destabilization" of the two countries' arms-control atmosphere.
The Navy last Saturday conducted two successful test flights of the Trident II D5 submarine launched ballistic missile, Lockheed Martin said in a statement released today.
The Air Force said today that officials at Andrews AFB, MD, did not cede control of the facility to the Justice Department or any other federal agency after Elian Gonzalez and his father were reunited there last month.
A Pentagon committee that studies issues affecting women in the military is recommending the Navy redesign its newest attack submarine to accommodate female sailors in the future and, in the short term, assign female officers to ballistic missile submarines to begin integrating women into the submarine service.
Citing the Marine Corps' increasing need for intelligence as it moves closer to its future warfighting plan, Commandant Gen. James Jones has created a separate intelligence department within Marine Corps headquarters.
The Navy has cleared the Cooperative Engagement Capability program for the third of four low-rate initial production buys, according to the Defense Department.
The Air Force's top two officials support shifting management and funding responsibilities for the low-earth orbit component of the Space Based Infrared System to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, according to a memo obtained by InsideDefense.com.
An aggressive program to lure more naval pilots into the EA-6B community appears to be paying off for the Marine Corps, a Marine Corps spokeswoman told InsideDefense.com today.
The Republican senator who has been supporting the Miami relatives of Elian Gonzalez has yet to decide what action he might take after being denied access to an Air Force installation in Maryland last Saturday.
National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden has nominated Deputy Director Barbara McNamara for the position of Special U.S. Liaison Officer, London, England, NSA announced today.
Lockheed Martin has agreed to sell its Control Systems business unit to British Aerospace (BAE Systems) for $510 million, BAE announced today.