On Nov. 18, 2011, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program office issued an update to its draft request for proposals stating that the Army and Marines are now willing to pay $65 million to each potential contractor for the vehicle's engineering and manufacturing design phase, up from the previously planned $52 million.

The two-year plan, issued Nov. 16, 2011, maps out the Office of Naval Research's objectives on how its $1.9 billion budget will be allocated, and promotes a new emphasis on autonomous and unmanned systems.

In a Nov. 7, 2011, letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, House Armed Services readiness subcommittee Chairman Randy Forbes (R-VA) asks for briefings on the newly announced AirSea Battle office.

In a Nov. 14, 2011, request for information posted on Federal Business Opportunities, the Marine Corps announces it is looking to replace the Stinger missile as its primary ground-based air defense weapon with a system that will have the capability to counter unmanned aircraft.

In a Sept. 23, 2011, memo, Army Secretary John McHugh lays out the particulars for the transfer of the Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group to Training and Doctrine Command.

On Nov. 15, 2011, Army Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, head of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, gave a speech at the Homemade Explosives Conference in Washington, DC.

The Nov. 14, 2011, briefing slides outline the Marine Corps' Light Armored Vehicle program.

In a Nov. 18, 2011, letter, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) calls on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta "to ensure that the technologies developed under Department of Defense contracts for military purposes are not later diverted in any form or purported civilian iteration to strategic competitors such as China."

In an Oct. 31, 2011, letter to Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA), Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Fluornoy responds to Forbes' concerns regarding a joint venture between GE and Chinese company AVIC.

In an Oct. 17, 2011, letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, House Armed Services readiness subcommittee Chairman Randy Forbes (R-VA) worries that technology developed for the F-22A and F-35 fighter aircraft could help China develop its own military aviation programs if a proposed joint venture between GE and Chinese company AVIC is allowed to take place.

The Nov. 17, 2011, White House statement of administration policy on the revised fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill states that "any bill that challenges or constrains the President's critical authorities to collect intelligence, incapacitate dangerous terrorists, and protect the Nation would prompt the President's senior advisers to recommend a veto."

On Nov. 17, 2011, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing to consider the nominations of Michael Sheehan to be assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict; Mark William Lippert to be assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs; Brad Carson to be general counsel of the Army; and Kevin Ohlson to be a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the nominees' written answers to advance policy questions.

On Nov. 16, 2011, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee held a hearing on Marine Corps acquisition and modernization programs. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the opening statement of committee Chairman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and the joint prepared testimony of Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, head of Marine Corps Systems Command; Brig. Gen. Daniel O'Donohue, head of the capabilities development directorate for combat development and integration; and William Taylor, program executive officer for land systems.

On Nov. 17, 2011, the House Foreign Relations Committee marked up legislation that would "provide Taiwan with critically needed Untied States-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-defense capability against the increasing military threat from China." Includes the text of the legislation as well as a statement from committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).

On Nov. 16, 2011, the House Oversight and Government Reform technology, information policy, intergovernmental relations and procurement reform subcommittee held a hearing on "the acquisition workforce's battle against taxpayer waste." Includes the prepared testimony of  Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Dan Gordon; John Hutton of the Government Accountability Office; Federal Acquisition Institute President Donna Jenkins; Defense Acquisition University President Katrina McFarland; and Professional Services Council Vice President of Government Relations Roger Jordan.

In a Nov. 17, 2011, letter, House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee Chairman Michael Turner (R-OH) and four other committee Republicans call on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to correct the administration's "priorities regarding missile defense, which should have, first and foremost, the missile defense of the homeland."

In a Nov. 17, 2011, Federal Register notice, the Air Force announces a notice of intent to "prepare an environmental assessment for Minuteman III and Peacekeeper silo elimination/dismantlement" as required by the follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

In a Nov. 17, 2011, statement, the Defense Department announces a successful test of the Army's Advanced Hypersonic Weapon Concept.

During a Nov. 16, 2011, briefing, Pentagon spokesmen George Little and Capt. John Kirby discussed Afghanistan, Australia, the Senate's revised fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill, and the defense secretary's upcoming visit to Canada.

The March 2011 annual report to Congress on the Office of Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analyses, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, was initially stamped "for official use only."

In a Nov. 2, 2011, presentation to an invitation-only conference, David Nicholls of the Defense Department's Performance Assessment and Root Cause Analysis (PARCA) shop discussed root cause analyses.

The November 2011 Defense Department report to Congress describes the Pentagon's cyberspace policy.

The November 2011 report discusses "the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China."

On Nov. 16, 2011, the Senate Armed Services Committee released a summary of the reductions proposed in its revised fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill.

On Nov. 15, 2011, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on security issues related to Iraq. Includes excerpts from the question-and-answer portion of the hearing as well as the prepared testimony of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.

The November 2011 report "focuses on the recent direction of the Secretary of Defense to accelerate the FIAR goals" and "highlights recent audit readiness accomplishments, provides previously planned audit readiness goals that have not changed, and discloses the amount of resources being applied to audit readiness."

The Senate bill, introduced by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on May 19, 2011, would add the director of the National Guard Bureau to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The purpose of the July 20, 2011, Office of Management and Budget memo " is to provide an update on Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) activies and publish a schedule of deliverables."

On Nov. 15, 2011, the Senate Armed Services Committee marked up a second fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill that makes "an additional $21 billion in cuts, to meet the target of $27 billion in defense reductions set for the committee under the Budget Control Act of 2011, which Congress passed in August, after the committee's mark-up of the first National Defense Authorization Act." Includes both the bill as well as a commitee statement.

In a Nov. 15, 2011, letter, 17 lawmakers urge greater action by the Obama administration to keep Libya's stockpile of about 20,000 portable anti-aircraft missiles out of the hands of terrorists.

On Nov. 15, 2011, the House Homeland Security counterterrorism and intelligence subcommittee marked up a bill that "amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to codify important and existing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) intelligence and information-sharing practices of the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis."

The Nov. 15, 2011, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency statement describes the agency's efforts to make space electronics smaller and more efficient.

On Nov. 14, 2011, the Defense Department transmitted the September 2011 Selected Acquisition Reports to Congress.

In a Nov. 14, 2011, letter to Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Defense Secretary Leon Panetta outlines the effects sequestration would have on the Defense Department. Also includes a McCain and Graham joint statement reacting to Panetta's letter.

In an Oct. 5, 2011, memo, the Army disagrees with the Defense Science Board's May 2011 report on counterinsurgency intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations.

In an Oct. 31, 2011, letter, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Member John McCain (R-AZ) call on Air Force Secretary Michael Donley to inform the panel by Nov. 7, 2011, the actions the service is taking to prevent counterfeit parts from entering the aircraft supply chain.

In a Nov. 14, 2011, letter, House Appropriations Committee member Frank Wolf (R-VA) calls on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to conduct a "National Security Review and a Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review of the recently announced joint venture between General Electric and the Chinese firm AVIC to develop avionics systems for jets."

The Nov. 9, 2011, instruction memo signed by acting Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall sets up Defense Department policy "and assigns responsibilities for the DOD Joint Services Weapon and Laser System Safety Review Processes."

On Nov. 4, 2011, the Army and the Joint Tactical Radio System program office released a draft request for proposals for the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio (MNVR), a new-start, non-developmental vehicular radio that will replace the terminated JTRS Ground Mobile Radio. Also includes a draft statement of work and other documents.

In a Nov. 14, 2011, letter to senior members of the House Armed Services Committee, a group of retired Air Force generals urges Congress to recapitalize the service's "geriatric" fleets of bombers, tankers, fighter jets and trainer aircraft even in a constrained budget environment.