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Top Stories
Pentagon Panel Launches Study On ISR For COIN
DefenseAlert, July 30, 2010 -- The Pentagon has commissioned a new Defense Science Board study to steer investment decisions on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for counterinsurgency operations.
DOCUMENT: DSB Terms Of Reference Memo
AAC Launches Effort To Gain Better Knowledge Of Industry's Weapons R&D
Inside the Air Force, July 30, 2010 -- As the Air Force prepares to update its 30-year munition roadmaps, the Air Armament Center has launched an industry outreach program in an attempt to get a better read on the progress of a company's internal weapon development projects that could potentially fill critical focus areas and gaps, according to service officials and contractors.
Both Camps In JSF Engine Debate See Support In Independent QDR Panel Testimony
DefenseAlert, July 29, 2010 -- The co-chairmen of a high-profile advisory panel, commissioned by Congress to prepare an independent assessment of the latest Quadrennial Defense Review, declined to wade into the debate between Congress and the Pentagon over the need for a second Joint Strike Fighter engine but strongly endorsed competition in situations where two potential suppliers would "get prices down."
DOCUMENT: Independent Panel's Final QDR Report
RELATED: As JSF Second Engine Debate Rages, QDR Panel Recommends Competition
RELATED: Independent QDR Panel Calls For Increasing Size Of Navy, Bolstering Procurement
- Marines Launch First Equipment Accountability Review In Afghanistan
- MDA Issues Draft RFP For Next-Generation Aegis Missile
- House Panel Approves JSF Second Engine Funding
Defense Budget Alert
- Pentagon Officials Urge Congress To Pass Supplemental Budget To Avoid Furloughs
Four key Pentagon officials warned Congress today that failing to pass a $33 billion supplemental defense budget before the scheduled August recess would result in civilian furloughs and create a financial emergency for the military.
- Lambert: DOD's Push For Efficiencies About 'Turning Fat Into Muscle'
Defense Secretary Robert Gates' big push for efficiencies is "not a budget drill," but instead is about "turning fat into muscle," Pentagon industrial policy chief Brett Lambert told defense industry representatives today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Homeland Defense Watch
- Pentagon Forms Panel To Assess Vulnerability Of U.S. Weapons To EMP Attack
The Pentagon's acquisition executive has established a standing advisory panel to regularly assess the vulnerability of U.S. military weapons to attack from an electromagnetic pulse designed to cripple microcircuits and electronic systems.
- DOD Taps Two States To Host Homeland Response Forces
June 3, 2010 -- Ohio and Washington will be the first states to host new forces designed to respond to attacks involving weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil, the Pentagon announced today.
C4ISR Watch
- Pentagon Panel Launches Study On ISR For COIN
The Pentagon has commissioned a new Defense Science Board study to steer investment decisions on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for counterinsurgency operations.
- New JFCOM Chief Vows To Examine Role of ISR Assets in Irregular War
Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, the incoming chief of U.S. Joint Forces Command, today said issues surrounding the use of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems during counterinsurgency operations are high on his agenda as the general in charge of advancing new warfighting concepts and joint training efforts.
Hot Documents
- Independent Panel's Final QDR Report
- House Statement On FY-11 Defense Appropriations Bill Mark-Up
- Independent Panel's Draft QDR Evaluation
- CRS Report On FY-10 Supplemental 'Supplemental for Wars, Disaster Assistance, Haiti Relief, and Other Programs'
- CRS Report On 'The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11'
Inside the Pentagon
- Marines Launch First Equipment Accountability Review In Afghanistan
- As JSF Second Engine Debate Rages, Panel Recommends Competition
Inside the Army
- War Game Sees U.S. Power Challenged By Spread Of Precision Weapons
- Industry Experts Welcome Hybrid Electric Ground Combat Vehicle Option
Inside the Navy
- Trautman: STOVL JSF Testing Falls Behind, But Program Can Catch Up
- Age, Upkeep Costs Prompting Marines To Retire CH-53Ds Two Years Early
Inside the Air Force
- AAC Launches Effort To Gain Better Knowledge Of Industry's Weapons R&D
- Afghan Light-Attack Plane Competition To Culminate With Major Flyoff
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