U.S. military leaders including Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, and their counterparts in Turkey have developed a new long-term plan for operations against the Islamic State militant group
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Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) has estimated that delays in the system development and demonstration phase of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 aircraft could increase the fighter program’s cost by more than $1 billion, the Washington Examiner reported
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Jaimie Reese, former deputy director of the Navy’s business and civilian resources division, has joined the Marine Corps Systems Command as senior executive and comptroller for the service branch’s acquisition command. The
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Air Force Gen. John Hyten, formerly commander of the Air Force Space Command, has officially started his new post as head of U.S. Strategic Command. The Air Force said Thursday it held a
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The deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system to South Korea will occur within eight-to-10 months, Reuters reported Friday. U.S. Forces Korea Commander Brooks told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency that the U.S. looks
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The U.S. Army has outlined a strategy to counter adversaries’ unmanned aircraft systems with a focus on cross-domain, inter-organizational and multinational efforts, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson writes the strategy’s unclassified version
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Senior military leaders from four defense organizations have discussed potential challenges on future operations at an industry partners meeting in Missouri, DoD News reported Wednesday. Terri Moon Cronk writes U.S. Air Force
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Will Roper, director of the Defense Department’s strategic capabilities office, has said SCO is a “near-term†part of DoD’s third offset strategy, DoD News reported Thursday. Cheryl Pellerin writes Roper said that SCO can introduce modifications
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Defense Department officials estimate Pentagon will need an additional $530 million to finish the development phase of Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 fighter jet, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Anthony Capaccio writes the F-35 program office asked for
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The Defense Department wants individuals and private companies to submit ideas on how the Joint Force can address multi-domain warfare issues such as massed or mobile precision attacks, large state adversaries and battle network/guided munitions, DoD
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