The Defense Department is ill-prepared to deal with a future in which enemies are able to threaten U.S. forces with precision-guided weapons, currently a pinnacle of military might unique to the United States, according to the results of a recent war game sponsored by the Pentagon's secretive Office of Net Assessment.
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Some defense industry experts welcomed news last week that heralded a hybrid electric drive option as one of three bids being considered for the Army's multibillion-dollar Ground Combat Vehicle program.
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A defense industry team lead by BAE Systems and Northrop
Grumman announced July 26 that, after what executives called "painful"
deliberation and risk assessment, they have presented the Army with a proposal
for a hybrid electric Ground Combat Vehicle.914 words
The Army has equipped more than 50 percent of its aviation fleet with automated maintenance monitoring technology under a new fleet management strategy set to outfit every aerial system in the service, according to Army officials.
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With only one piece of military excess equipment shipped from Iraq to local authorities in the United States so far, an organization representing U.S. states says it has trouble securing even a modest amount of usable equipment from the tens of thousands of articles military officials plan to leave behind.
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI)
last week asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to describe in detail the damage
he believes to have resulted from the WikiLeaks disclosure of thousands of
secret troop dispatches in Afghanistan. In a July 28 letter, Levin asked Gates
what defense officials consider the "most significant new disclosures" and what
the Defense Department is doing to mitigate any potential harm. Levin also
wants to know to what extent the leak exposed information that was not
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An official from Anniston Army Depot, AL, described the work-intensive process for resetting and repairing combat and battle-damaged Stryker vehicles for defense industry officials at a conference in Tysons Corner, VA last week.
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The Army revealed the top five winners for the Apps for the Army application development contest last week with winning entries that included applications to support physical training, mental health, disaster relief, mapping and recruiting, according to a statement released by the service.
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A general involved in the Army's capability portfolio reviews fleshed out the process for defense industry executives at a conference last week and explained that the service might begin shortening its planning time frames and become more agile by acquiring less materiel, but more often.
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Defense Department officials are slated to wrap up a three-year joint test culminating in new tactics, techniques and procedures for achieving non-kinetic "effects" against targets in space and cyberspace, according to a department spokesman.
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) last week questioned a Quadrennial Defense Review independent panel's findings of sufficiency in Army force structure, given the stress placed on the service by two wars.
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A bipartisan independent review of the Obama administration's
20-year blueprint for the Defense Department calls for increasing the size of
the Navy to a 346-ship fleet and increasing the U.S. military's posture in the
Western Pacific to counter China's growing influence in the region, according
to a report of the Independent Quadrennial Defense Review Panel.934 words
As the Defense Department draws down to 50,000 troops in Iraq
by the end of August, officials are preparing the closeout of a
multibillion-dollar services contract used to support bases there, but
questions remain about the time line.798 words
Defense officials cannot track the total costs of the
department's military equipment for major defense programs, the Government
Accountability Office wrote in its second consecutive report lambasting the
Pentagon's cost assessment abilities.910 words
A senior defense official in the Pentagon's networking
directorate says the information-sharing initiatives spearheaded by his office
will play an integral role in Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plan to
streamline efficiencies -- provided the office does not get eliminated in the
name of efficiency.628 words
The Pentagon has commissioned a new Defense Science Board
study to steer investment decisions on intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance for counterinsurgency operations.544 words
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