Defense contractors that produce U.S. military night-vision sensors must shed more excess capacity to ensure they remain viable as the Defense Department rapidly cuts purchases of the devices, according to a previously unreported Pentagon assessment prepared for Congress.
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The excellent performance of the Pentagon's new night-vision goggles might ultimately lead the department to expand the program, providing a boost to the industrial base, states a previously unreported Defense Department assessment prepared for Congress.
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A new Pentagon report on the U.S. night-vision industrial base acknowledges American contractors' concerns about U.S. export controls limiting foreign military sales, but the assessment shoots down comparisons between U.S. and French systems that companies have cited in their arguments.
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Emerging
foreign capabilities to hunt and defeat stealthy submarines will force the Navy
to find new ways to maintain dominance in the undersea warfighting arena, Chief
of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert writes in new internal guidance.409 words
The Pentagon
and State Department are proceeding with multimillion-dollar plans to provide
counterterrorism assistance to multiple countries through the new Global
Security Contingency Fund, but further consultation with Congress will be
needed before implementation, according to defense and diplomatic officials.350 words
Aiming to
bolster the independence of the testing process and improve verdicts of how
reliable a system will be in combat, the Pentagon's top weapons tester wants to
reduce the influence of non-testers during the operational evaluation of new
programs.489 words
President
Obama and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey on
Wednesday praised Gen. John Allen, Obama's nominee as the next supreme allied
commander Europe (SACEUR) and commander of U.S. European Command, and Marine
Corps Assistant Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, the president's nominee to
suceed Allen as the next top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Obama also thanked
Adm. Jim Stavridis, who Allen would succeed in the spring, assuming the Senate
confirms him. Dunford's nomination is also subject to Senate confirmation.87 words
The Army National
Guard will be next in line for cutbacks following a decision to reduce the
number of active-duty forces by roughly 80,000, according to Army Under
Secretary Joseph Westphal.438 words
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency is reducing the foreign military sales administrative surcharge that other countries pay when buying U.S. weapons.
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The Army
announced last week that the Joint Tactical Radio System program had been
officially closed and that the new Joint Tactical Networking Center was open
for business.489 words
The Pentagon
should undertake a "unified, but modest" effort to study "biomarkers" and the
potential for neurosciences and genomics research to help in understanding
violent behavior, according to a panel set up to explore ways to predict
violence in the wake of the 2009 massacre at Ft. Hood, TX.764 words
The
Pentagon's procurement accounts, which at the end of August reflected
higher-than-expected unobligated funding totals, could bear a significantly
larger share of the Pentagon's $54.7 billion potential sequestration bill if a
long-term deficit-reduction plan is not enacted by Jan. 2, according to
government documents, Pentagon data and defense analysts.538 words
The United
Launch Alliance detected an unanticipated "data signature" on one of the
engines that powered the launch of the Air Force's newest Global Positioning
System satellite last week, an issue that caused the rocket's upper-stage
engine to provide lower thrust than expected.413 words
CAPE
CANAVERAL, FL -- A senior United Launch Alliance official said last week that
the lack of a formal fiscal year 2013 contract for launch services between the
company and the Air Force could endanger the timing of launches scheduled for
FY-15, as well as possibly one launch in FY-14.648 words
Military
Sealift Command officially disestablished Maritime Prepositioning Ship
Squadron-1 on Sept. 28, placing three of the squadron's four ships in reduced
operating status and cutting the number of MPSRONs in the Navy fleet to two.546 words
A Sept. 27
article initially cited a Pentagon's industrial-base report's incorrect
statement that Raytheon "acquired Swift's UAS business via Northrop Grumman."
In fact, Northrop Grumman acquired Swift's small unmanned aircraft product line
and licensed Swift's Killer Bee drone to Raytheon, while separately leveraging
the technology to develop Northrop-made Bat drones. The article has been
updated online.57 words
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