The Marine Corps’ highest-ranking officer recently gave a glimpse into goals for the branch’s acquisitions of a new ground vehicle to replace the Humvee and the Lockheed Martin-made F-35, AOL Defense reports.
MoreThe United States is preparing to construct a new missile defense shield in Southern Japan and possibly South East Asia to suppress missile threats from China and North Korea, reports Malcolm Moore
MoreA lead Defense Department auditor believes the Pentagon may not reach its goal of producing a clean budget statement by 2014, GovExec reports. Dan Blair, the department’s deputy inspector general for auditing,
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President Barack Obama believes Congress will figure out how to avoid the more than $1 trillion cuts under sequestration scheduled to start in January, the Virginian-Pilot reports. In an Oval Office interview
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The Government Accountability Office issued a report on Aug. 1, auditing progress at the three agencies concerned with wartime contracting reforms, reports Matthew Weigelt for Washington Technology. The departments of Defense and State
MoreRepublican members of Congress are in an uproar over a Labor Department memo issued last week, which said defense contractors are not required to send layoff notices to employees whose jobs might
MorePresident Obama has nominated Rear Admiral James Syring to serve as director of the Missile Defense Agency, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Monday. Syring currently serves as program executive officer for integrated
MoreThe Senate voted Thursday to confirm Gen. Mark. Welsh as the Air Force’s 20th chief of staff, the service branch announced Friday. Pending a formal appointment from President Obama, the 36-year veteran
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has nominated Air Force Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan to serve as director of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Bogdan has also been nominated
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Nine senators are proposing a bill that aims to create incentives and accountability standards for auditing the Defense Department, Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va) office announced Thursday. Manchin, Tom Coburn (Okla.), Kelly Ayotte
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