In a Dec. 8, 2011, request for information published on Federal Business Opportunities, Naval Air Systems Command seeks "industry input in the form of comments and products that will inform future development efforts to address commonality in Control Systems (CS) for unmanned vehicles."
The Dec. 1, 2011, Naval Air Systems Command briefing slides "provide awareness to industry partners of potential FMS opportunities" for the H-46 Sea Knight helicopter.
In a Dec. 22, 2011, letter, Govs. Martin O'Malley (D-MD), Dannel Malloy (D-CT), Rick Snyder (R-MI), Haley Barbour (R-MS) and Jack Dalrymple (R-ND) call on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to preserve the C-27J aircraft program. Also includes a similar Dec. 20, 2011, letter from Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R).
In a Dec. 20, 2011, memo, Nancy Spruill, director of acquisition resources and analysis and executive secretary of the Defense Acquisition Board, writes that acting Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall had directed a three-month effort aimed at streamlining coordination in a bid to resolve outstanding issues with programs' acquisition and technology development strategies in less than three weeks.
In a Dec. 13, 2011, letter, Washington Reps. Adam Smith (D), Norm Dicks (D), Jim McDermott (D), Doc Hastings (R), Jay Inslee (D) and Rick Larsen (D) as well as Sens. Patty Murray (WA) and Maria Cantwell (D) call on Air Force Secretary Michael Donley to consider basing the new aerial-refueling tanker at Fairchild Air Force Base, WA.
On Dec. 12, 2011, Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly gave an overview of the Ballistic Missile Defense System to the Huntsville, AL, Chamber of Commerce.
On Dec. 22, 2011, Air Force Brig. Gen. Stephen Clark discussed via teleconference with reporters the results of the Pentagon's investigation into the Nov. 25-26, 2011, firefight between U.S. and Pakistani forces.
The November 2011 Navy Expeditionary Combat Command strategic plan lays out the service's top priorities for science and technology.
In a Dec. 14, 2011, instruction, the Defense Department lays out its supply chain materiel management policy.
In a Dec. 13, 2011, request for information, the Air Force seeks help from industry on how to improve the service's precision airdrop capabilities.
In a Dec. 15, 2011, acquisition decision memorandum marked "for official use only," acting Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall clears the way for full-rate production of the Stryker Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle.
On Dec. 15, 2011, the full Senate debated and passed the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization conference bill.
The September 2011 Defense Department report "presents the DOD chief information officer's plan for achieving the goals of increased efficiency, effectiveness and security."
On Dec. 17, 2011, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Raheem al-Keeb gave a press briefing in Tripoli, Libya, on the situation in that country.
On Dec. 17, 2011, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta held a roundtable briefing with reporters in Turkey.
On Dec. 15, 2011, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave a speech in Baghdad, Iraq on the eve of the final pullout of U.S. military forces in that country.
On Dec. 14, 2011, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a briefing in Kabul, Afghanistan.
On Dec. 14, 2011, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave a speech at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The 2012 Air National Guard Weapon Systems Modernization Priorities Book, released in December 2011, "documents capability priorities highlighted during the September 2011 Air Reserve Component Weapons and Tactics (WEPTAC) Conference."
In a Dec. 15, 2011, letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) urges them "to exclude unneeded spending for public infrastructure on Guam from the Department of Defense section of H.R. 3671, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 pending action in the Senate."
In a Dec. 12, 2011, Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Oshkosh Corp. included a letter that was sent to shareholders calling billionaire investor Carl Icahn -- who has been engaged in a proxy fight with Oshkosh's board of directors -- a "corporate raider" with his own agenda.
On Dec. 13, 2011, the Marine Corps Systems Command issued answers to questions from industry regarding the service's request for information for a new amphibious vehicle.
On Dec. 6, 2011, Marine Corps Systems Command issued a document justifying its decision to award a sole-source contract to Hodges Transportation Inc. for research and development services on the Marine Personnel Carrier.
In a Dec. 1, 2011, Federal Business Opportunities notice, Naval Air Systems Command announces it "intends to negotiate and award a sole-source order . . . with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, CT, to conduct a conceptual design assessment of the VH-3D aircraft to identify procedural and hardware modifications necessary to reduce C-17 lift mission times and life-cycle cost."
In a Nov. 30, 2011, letter, Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly responds to the conclusions reached by a Defense Science Board task force on early intercept ballistic missile defense.
On Dec. 15, 2011, Sen. John McCain delivered a floor speech on the 50th anniversary of President Eisenhower's "military-industrial complex" address.
On Dec. 14, 2011, the full House debated and passed the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization conference bill.
On Dec. 14, 2011, the Senate passed its version of the fiscal year 2012 intelligence authorization bill.
In a Dec. 6, 2011, memo, acting Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall calls on the service acquisition heads along with military agency directors to identify a "value engineering" senior manager within their organizations.
The 2011 Defense Business Board final report finds that given the Defense Department's "operational and budgetary pressures, it is imperative that DOD fully implement the Department's logistics vision and do so expeditiously."
On Dec. 12, 2011, the Pentagon's acquisition shop released templates "to guide [program managers] of [acquisition category] I programs to prepare their Should-Cost information for presentation to the Milestone Decision Authority at decision meetings and execution reviews ([milestone] B and later)."
The April 2011 Air Force Scientific Advisory Board report, marked "for official use only," identifies remotely piloted aircraft "architectures and operational concepts centered on human-systems integration, distributed systems operations, and effective command and control."
On Dec. 14, 2011, the Congressional Budget Office released a cost estimate of the "statutory pay-as-you-go effects" of the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill.
In a Nov. 21, 2011, decision released on Dec. 14, 2011, the Government Accountability Office's comptroller general sustains VSE Corp.'s protest of a termination by the Army of a Rapir Equipping Force support contract.
The Dec. 14, 2011, Government Accountability Report finds that "action [is] needed to address [the National Nuclear Security Administration's] program management and coordination challenges."
On Dec. 12, 2011, House and Senate lawmakers agreed to the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization conference report. Includes the text of the report, plus a Joint Statement of Managers and a summary.
The Nov. 29, 2011, Defense Department study, marked "for official use only//U.S. only," examines "currently known issues in the F-35 program and the potential for significant future design change in order to assess the risk associated with modification to aircraft being produced while the design is still being tested and changed, which is referred to in this report as concurrency risk." Note: This version does not include the appendices.