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January 16, 2019
January 15, 2019
On Jan. 15, 2019 the Defense Intelligence Agency published a new China Military Power report that finds the Asian country is on the cusp of fielding some of the most modern weapons in the world.
On Jan. 15, 2018 Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) presented his fourth "Common Sense for the Common Defense" floor speech as part of his ongoing series designed to highlight key national security policies.
As prepared for delivery:
In my first Common Sense for Common Defense floor speech, I highlighted the fact that our competitors have increased their own military spending and focused on modernization -- we must do the same.
January 14, 2019
The December 2018 Defense Department report "assesses China's global expansion by military and nonmilitary means, implications of China's activities, and the U.S. response."
The Jan. 10, 2019 Congressional Research Service "legal sidebar" report -- originally obtained by Secrecy News -- discusses the legality of the Defense Department building a wall along the southern border.
The Jan. 11, 2019 Congressional Research Service report discusses "the role of sanctions in U.S. foreign policy toward Russia."
January 11, 2019
In a Jan. 11, 2019 Federal Register notice, the Air Force "announces its decision to accept alternative arrangements approved by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for the Air Force's interim beddown of the F-22 Formal Training Unit at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida."
On Jan. 9, 2019 the Defense Department's inspector general issued a summary of reports from July 2017 through June 2018 that includes a review of the Pentagon's implementation of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act and reiterates concerns about a lack of management oversight of cybersecurity risks.
January 10, 2019
In a Jan. 7, 2019 request for information, Naval Sea Systems Command "is conducting market research seeking industry inputs and interest for hardware production of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 subsystem and associated ancillary equipment."
The Jan. 4, 2019 publication "provides doctrine to plan, establish, operate, manage, and either transition or close contingency bases."
The Jan. 8, 2010 solicitation calls for industry shipbuilders to conduct a cost-benefit, trade-off analysis of requirements, a commonality and open systems architecture analysis, an analysis of alternatives and recommend a "best-value solution" for a Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform, called CHAMP.
January 09, 2019
The November 2018 Defense Department document features guidance on using other transaction agreements to better define key milestones and terms.
On Jan. 9, 2018 Eric Labs, a senior analyst for naval forces and weapons in the Congressional Budget Office's National Security Division, gave a presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Defense Outlook Forum.
January 08, 2019
The Defense Department's quarterly report sent to Congress in November 2018 states that at the end of fiscal year 2018, the Defense Department had about $12.4 billion in unobligated military construction money, meaning it had yet to be put under contract, though it had been requested by DOD and authorized by Congress for specific projects.
The Jan. 8, 2018 Defense Department inspector general's report "describes the importance of financial statement audits and the roles and responsibilities of DOD management and the auditors that reviewed the financial statements."
January 07, 2019
The Jan. 7, 2019 Defense Department instruction signed by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord "establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides guidance on determining and positioning WRM requirements to support the immediate needs of Military Departments across a spectrum of contingencies."
The Jan. 2, 2019 Defense Department manual "implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for managing and executing the DOD Physical Security Program" and "assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures for controlling physical access to DOD installations."
The Dec. 31, 2018 Defense Department instruction "provides a compendium of policies and procedures critical to successful online information management and electronic messaging."
January 04, 2019
On Jan. 3, 2019 the Navy released briefing slides of an industry day held the month before on its new TH-XX training helicopter.
January 03, 2019
The redacted Dec. 20, 2018 Air Force justification and approval document signed by acquisition executive Will Roper indicates the service will sole-source an effort to Raytheon to develop airborne satellite communication terminals as part of the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals program.