On Feb. 23, 2012, the Association of the United States Army held its annual winter conference.
In a Jan. 30, 2012, memo, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale shifts $595 million from the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle account to the Army and Marine Corps' operations and maintenance accounts.
In a Jan. 20, 2012, memo, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale asks for congressional approval to add $82 million to the Air Force's Massive Ordnance Penetrator program, as well as subtract $19 million from the F-22A program and subtract $62.5 million from the service's research, development, test and evaluation appropriation.
On Feb. 23, 2012, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey issued a white paper on "America's Military -- A Profession Of Arms."
The Jan. 19, 2012, briefing slides provide an update of a Defense Business Board study on "Leveraging Public-Private Collaboration to Augment the Department of Defense's Mission."
The Jan. 19, 2012, briefing slides outline the Defense Business Board's preliminary findings related to a study on the Defense Department's information technology modernization efforts.
The Jan. 12, 2012, briefing slides provide an "interim update" of a Defense Business Board study on "re-engineering the requirements and acquisition process."
The 2011 Defense Business Board report "evaluated large-volume fuel purchasing processes used by the private sector and public entities, including sovereign nations as well as" the Defense Department.
The December 2011 Defense Business Board report looked at "which downsizing principles from recent successful private sector experience should be considered by [the Defense Department] that would allow the department to maintain a high level of combat effectiveness at a lower cost in a reduced budget environment."
The Feb. 23, 2012, Defense Department inspector general's report assesses the Marine Corps' transition of forces to Guam.
The Feb. 23, 2012, Government Accountability Office report evaluates defense contractor DynCorp's training of Afghan security forces.
The Feb. 9, 2012, document lists Army Secretary John McHugh's current top priorities. Also includes an April 8, 2011, list.
On Dec. 13, 2012, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency released a broad agency announcement regarding the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel.
The Feb. 16, 2012, Congressional Research Service report outlines issues for Congress regarding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
The Feb. 22, 2012, Government Accountability Report concludes that the Defense Department "needs strategic outcome-related goals and visibility over its counter-improvised explosive device efforts."
In a Feb. 21, 2012, statement, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announces it has notified Congress "of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan to provide regeneration, overhaul, modifications and support for six KC-130R aircraft and associated engines for an estimated cost of $170 million."
The Feb. 16, 2012, Army memo discusses renaming the Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT) to the Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT).
The Jan. 20, 2012, Pentagon report to Congress includes "an identification of the criteria that the [defense] secretary determines must be satisfied before the F–35B Joint Strike Fighter can be removed from the two-year probationary status imposed by the secretary on or about Jan. 6, 2011."
In June 14, 2011, memorandum, Defense Secretary Robert Gates creates the Senior Integration Group for the Resolution of Joint Urgent Operational Needs as the "single authority for prioritizing and directing action to fulfill all DOD JUONs." The memo was updated on Dec. 1, 2011, to extend its expiration date to Aug. 15, 2012.
On Feb. 17, 2012, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Army's fiscal year 2013 budget request. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, plus the opening statements of committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) as well as the joint prepared testimony of Army Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno.
On Feb. 15, 2012, the Army released a broad agency announcement on the Federal Business Opportunities website asking for proposals for the mission systems effectiveness trades and analysis phase of the joint multirole rotorwing aircraft technology demonstrator program.
In a Feb. 16, 2012, letter, 34 House lawmakers write to President Obama over their concern that the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile could be reduced by 80 percent.
On Feb. 17, 2012, the Air Force released a fact sheet outlining the service's fiscal year 2013 space budget.
In a Feb. 15, 2012, letter, acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Miller responds to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) regarding U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Also includes a related Nov. 18, 2011, letter from Cornyn to the White House.
On Feb. 17, 2012, a bipartisan group of 12 senators sent a letter to President Obama "expressing support for a set of principles that should inform any negotiations that take place with the Iranian regime over its nuclear program and opposing any proposal that would permit Iran to continue enrichment activities."
On Feb. 17, 2012, House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner (R-OH) gave a speech on the U.S. nuclear weapons enterprise.
On Feb. 16, 2012, the Pentagon held a briefing on the U.S. force posture in Europe going forward. Also includes a related fact sheet.
On Feb. 16, 2012, the House Appropriations defense subcommittee held a hearing on the Pentagon's fiscal year 2013 budget request. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, plus the opening statements of subcommittee Chairman Bill Young (R-FL) and full committee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Y) as well as the prepared testimony of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.
On Feb. 16, 2012, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on "current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States." Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing plus the prepared testimony of Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess.
On Feb. 16, 2012, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Navy and Marine Corps' fiscal year 2013 budget request. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, plus the opening statements of committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) as well as the prepared testimony of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus; Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos; and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert.
On Feb. 16, 2012, the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee held a hearing on the management of the U.S. nuclear security enterprise. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, plus the opening statements of subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner (R-OH) and Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) as well as the prepared testimony of the Government Accountability Office.
In a Feb. 7, 2012, reprogramming request, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale asks congressional permission to shift $114.1 million in fiscal year 2012 spending to fund a raft of programs deemed "urgent warfighter" needs, specifically for military intelligence programs and projects supported by the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Task Force, including the acquisition of 51 Puma aircraft, small, unmanned aircraft built by AeroVironment.
In a Feb. 3, 2012, reprogramming request, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale asks congressional permission to shift $48.1 million in fiscal year 2012 spending to fund a raft of programs deemed "urgent warfighter" needs, specifically the Military Intelligence Program's intelligence support to cyber effort.
In a Feb. 3, 2012, reprogramming request, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale asks congressional permission to shift $124 million in fiscal year 2012 spending to fund a raft of programs deemed "urgent warfighter" needs, specifically the Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD) system.
In a Jan. 26, 2012, reprogramming request, Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale asks congressional permission to shift $285.2 million in fiscal year 2012 spending to fund a raft of programs deemed "urgent warfighter" needs, specifically the Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) fuze.
On Feb. 16, 2012, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta held a briefing at the Pentagon with his German counterpart.
In a Dec. 22, 2011, "for official use only" report, the Naval Audit Service examines implementation of earned value management for the CVN-78 aircraft carrier program. A redacted copy was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
On Feb. 15, 2012, the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2013 budget request. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing, plus the opening statements of committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), as well as the prepared testimony of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.
The January 2012 Defense Science Board report found that "a more concerted effort is needed to ensure that the U.S. scientific human resources needed by the [Defense] Department for global military competition will be available, and not assume that it will be so without such determined effort."