The price tag
for Pentagon-proposed block buys of two big-ticket weapon systems -- Arleigh
Burke destroyers and V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft -- will be significantly
higher than sums the Defense Department outlined in requests to Congress
earlier this year seeking legislative permission to enter into multiyear
procurements, congressional budget experts find in a new report.521 words
The Defense
Department has issued new guidance designed to improve industry's compliance
with DOD rules for tracking the cost and schedule of major weapons programs.365 words
Senate
authorizers believe that the National Security Agency should not have developed
its own cloud computing database and want to prohibit other Defense Department
components from using it -- unless the Pentagon's chief information officer
certifies there are no viable commercial open-source databases with the same
security features.818 words
The Defense
Logistics Agency has accelerated its audit-readiness deadline to fiscal year
2015 -- two years earlier than a congressionally mandated timetable.611 words
The one-time
implementation costs for the 2005 base closing round are $14 billion higher
than the $21 billion price tag estimated by the BRAC Commission in 2005,
according to the Government Accountability Office. In an analysis of the
Pentagon's fiscal year 2011 update related to the BRAC 2005 budget submission,
GAO found that the increase is largely due to increased construction costs tied
to new building projects and additions to planned projects deemed necessary
post-implementation. The Defense Department is asking Congress for additional
BRAC rounds in 2013 and 2015.83 words
The Marine
Corps has wrapped up an analysis of alternatives to determine the future of the
service's amphibious capability, and is briefing senior service officials and
members of Congress, Inside the Navy has learned from various sources.603 words
The Pentagon
plans to shift nearly $2.3 billion to cover fiscal year 2012 fuel cost
overruns, a move that is spelled out in a recent multi-billion dollar omnibus
reprogramming action. In May, the Defense Department shifted $1 billion among
accounts for the same purpose.214 words
The Obama
administration "strongly opposes" the House Appropriations Committee's fiscal
year 2013 defense-spending bill and senior presidential advisers would
recommend President Obama veto it, according to a statement of administration
policy released last week.793 words
A cadre of
Army leaders last week introduced "Capability Set 13," the service's newest
suite of network gear and the first systems to be purchased based on their
performance at the Network Integration Evaluation.701 words
The Navy is
filled with programs that don't leverage work already being done elsewhere,
don't have the ability to open up competition to smaller businesses and don't
assert their rights often enough over intellectual property, and one office is
working to change that, a service official told Inside the Navy in a
recent interview at the Pentagon.1063 words
Progress
toward a NATO missile defense system could be affected should Congress decide
not to provide funding for the Medium Extended Air Defense System in fiscal
year 2013, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned last week.938 words
As the Army
celebrates the formal presentation of its newest suite of network gear, known
as "Capability Set 13," service leaders remain vexed by challenges to future
capability set fielding efforts -- particularly the power limitations of heavy
combat vehicles.518 words
The Army no
longer intends to pit two competitors in a vertical-takeoff-and-landing
unmanned aerial system flyoff in Afghanistan, according to the service's
product manager for UAS modernization.546 words
The Air Force
is doubling down on a Northrop Grumman airborne communications relay project
launched in 2009 to meet an urgent warfighting need, moving ahead with a
sole-source contract worth up to $782.5 million that could raise the total
value of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node program to $1.6 billion.456 words
The Navy last
week began reviewing industry proposals for a potential F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
replacement, setting in motion the U.S. military's first formal consideration
of a sixth-generation fighter aircraft.711 words
The Pentagon
is seeking congressional permission to shift $7.8 billion between accounts as part
of a department-wide budget reallocation that would launch six new-start
weapons projects as well as fund procurement systems that top brass at U.S.
Central and Pacific commands say are needed under budget rules for "an
anticipated or pending contingency operation."756 words
Holdups with
an Army effort to recapitalize Panther-class Medium Mine Protected Vehicles are
enabling Defense Department leaders to spend $85 million from program coffers
to pay other bills, according to a recent reprogramming request sent to
lawmakers for approval.266 words
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