Sequestration Means Cut Of Funds For As Many As Five F-35 Jets
DefenseAlert, June 18, 2013 -- Spending cuts mandated by sequestration could cut as many as five F-35 jets from Pentagon plans to build 29 Joint Strike Fighters using funds appropriated in fiscal year 2013, according to a Defense Department spokesman.
Major DOD Programs Tapped For 'Exportability Features' Pilot Effort
DefenseAlert, June 18, 2013 -- The Pentagon has identified more than a dozen big-ticket weapon systems as candidates for a pilot program designed to incorporate "exportability" features as early as possible to facilitate foreign sales and additional revenue for U.S. companies.
DOCUMENT: DOD Report To Congress
Air Force Will Limit Light Air Support Contract To 20 Afghan Planes (Updated)
DefenseAlert, June 18, 2013 -- The Air Force will not exercise its authority to build light attack aircraft for partner nations under a contract designed to provide planes to the Afghan military, the service has told Congress.
- Air Force Chief: Furloughs Will Allow Service To Maintain Mission Readiness
- Marines Put Marine Personnel Carrier On Shelf Due To Budget Constraints
- Army Manages To Avoid Sequester Cuts For Major Modernization Priorities
- Senate Authorizers Approve $625.1 Billion Defense Bill
- JLTV Program Working To Manage Sequestration Delay
Defense Budget Alert
- Sequestration Means Cut Of Funds For As Many As Five F-35 Jets
Spending cuts mandated by sequestration could cut as many as five F-35 jets from Pentagon plans to build 29 Joint Strike Fighters using funds appropriated in fiscal year 2013, according to a Defense Department spokesman.
- Air Force Chief: Furloughs Will Allow Service To Maintain Mission Readiness
Implementation next month of Air Force civilian furloughs will free funding to allow the service to bring seven fighter squadrons now operating at very minimal levels back to combat mission readiness, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said this morning.
- Senate Authorizers' Statement On FY-14 Defense Policy Bill
On June 14, 2013, the Senate Armed Services Committee released a statement on the fiscal year 2014 defense authorization bill the panel passed the previous day.
Homeland Defense Watch
- DOD: 'No Validated Military Requirement' For East Coast Missile Defense Site
The Pentagon's senior missile defense leaders have told Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) that "no validated military requirement" exists for a Ground-based Midcourse Defense site on the East Coast.
- Sen. Levin's Correspondence On East Coast Missile Defense
In a June 10, 2013, letter, Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring and Joint Functional Command for Integrated Missile Defense chief Lt. Gen. Richard Formica tell Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) that an East Coast missile defense site is not needed. Also includes a June 6 letter from Levin.
- Panel Seeks Update On Joint Efforts To Integrate UAS Into U.S. Skies
House lawmakers are seeking an update from the Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration on how joint efforts are going to integrate unmanned aircraft into the national airspace.
C4ISR Watch
- Lawmakers, Industry Urge Army To Ditch 'Winner-Take-All' JTRS Strategy
As the Army prepares to launch two new Joint Tactical Radio System contracts, lawmakers and industry officials both question whether the service is deviating from network modernization plans that called for shorter, more frequent competitions in favor of more traditional, winner-take-all acquisition strategies.
- House Appropriators Take $15 Million Bite Out Of JLENS Program
House appropriators want to cut $15 million from the Army's Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor system in their fiscal year 2014 spending bill, half of what House authorizers want to cut.
- Raytheon: New Radio Can Support Lower-Tier Network Requirements
Raytheon has unveiled a new mobile radio system it hopes can fill the Army's need for a lower-tier tactical wireless internet system.
Hot Documents
- DOD Report To Congress On Defense Exportability Features Pilot Program
- CRS Report On U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces
- CRS Report On Syria's Chemical Weapons
- CRS Report On The Syrian Civil War
- DOD Briefing On Afghanistan
Inside the Navy
- GAO: DOD Initial Cost Estimates For Pacific Realignment 'Not Reliable'
- Blumenauer Proposes Lowering Aircraft Carrier Minimum From 11 To 10
Inside the Army
- JLTV Program Working To Manage Three- To Four-Month Sequestration Delay
- Royal Thai Army To Buy Lakota Helicopters To Be Built In Mississippi
Inside Missile Defense
- House Authorizers Push For Multiyear Procurement Of BMD Systems
- THAAD Deployment Strategy: Balance Between CONUS, Forward Batteries
Inside the Pentagon
- House Defense Provisions Reveal Deep-Rooted Concerns Over SOCOM
- Germans Foresee No 'Immediate' Impact Of Euro Hawk's End On NATO AGS
Inside the Air Force
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