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First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

F-35 Cost Dips 1% to $391 Billion: Pentagon

Posted in Air, Land, Naval, PolicyThe cost of the U.S. Defense Department’s most expensive weapons program, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, declined by 1 percent in the past year to $391 billion, as lawmakers remain concerned about its software.The estimated ... [Published DoD Buzz - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Lockheed Martin F-35, Lockheed Martin Corp, US Marine Corps, Fighter aircraft, Paveway II

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Panel Votes to Block Funding for Base Closures

Posted in Policy, SequestrationA subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to block funding for a new round of military base closures.The House Armed Services’ readiness subcommittee on May 23 voted to prohibit the Defense Department ... [Published DoD Buzz - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), House Armed Services Committee, Closure, Military/Armed Forces, Sequestration

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Raymond Odierno

Army Leaders May Want Extra Money for Afghanistan

Posted in Afghanistan, LandU.S. Army leaders may soon ask Congress for supplemental funding to pay for “unanticipated war costs” as a possible solution to shortfalls in its overseas contingency accounts.Actually it was Republican Sen. Susan Collins who ... [Published DoD Buzz - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Raymond Odierno, Afghanistan, Susan Collins, Sequestration

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Air Force Picks First Three KC-46A Bases

Posted in Air, PolicyThe U.S. Air Force has picked the first three bases to host the new KC-46A refueling tanker, the service announced.The service selected Altus Air Force Base, Okla.; McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.; and Pease Air National Guard Base, ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 23 2013]

Entities: Altus Air Force Base, McConnell Air Force Base, Main Operating Base

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Gerald Ford

Ford Carrier, LCS Get Boosts in Seapower Mark

Posted in AirThe House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces released its mark-up Tuesday that raises funding allocated for the construction of aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), adjusting the cost cap up from $11.755 billion to $12.9 billion. ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 23 2013]

Entities: Gerald Ford, Littoral Combat Ship, Aircraft Carrier

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Navy Adopts Hybrid-Electric Amphibious Assault Ships

Posted in Naval, PolicyThe U.S. Navy is incorporating fuel-efficient hybrid-electric propulsion technology onto several of its next-generation big-deck amphibious assault ships, the service’s top civilian said.The USS America (LHA-6) and the USS Tripoli ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 21 2013]

Entities: Ray Mabus, Amphibious Assault, Biofuels, Daniel Goure

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

General Dynamics Corporation

Senators Join Congressmen in Supporting Battlefield Network

Posted in Land, PolicyThe U.S. senators from Massachusetts are joining dozens of their colleagues in the House to support a battlefield communications network being developed by General Dynamics Corp.Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. William “Mo” Cowen, ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 22 2013]

Entities: General Dynamics Corporation, John McHugh, Military.com, Falls Church (United States)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Pentagon Seeks $10 Billion Shift for War Costs

Posted in Afghanistan, Policy, SequestrationThe U.S. Defense Department is asking Congress to shift $9.6 billion this year to pay for higher-than-expected war costs and other expenses.The Pentagon has made two requests to transfer funding for fiscal 2013, ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 21 2013]

Entities: AH-64 Apache, Oshkosh Corporation, Afghanistan, Boeing Company, General Dynamics Corporation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Navy Freezes Funding for Challenge Coins

Navy officials put the squeeze on command coins as the service tries to pinch pennies in light of budget cuts associated with seqeustration. ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 20 2013]

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Aegis BMD System Intercepts Mock Warhead

Posted in Naval, SpaceThe U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) successfully intercepted a mock-warhead above the earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean May 15, Pentagon officials said.A separating ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 17 2013]

Entities: missile, Warhead, SM-3 Block IB, Rick Lehner

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Army Defends Battlefield Intel System

Posted in Afghanistan, Intelligence, Land, PolicyThe U.S. Army defended its battlefield intelligence system as a life-saving tool that soldiers need to share and analyze data with the defense community.The service this week invited lawmakers, national-security ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 17 2013]

Entities: Duncan Hunter, Intelligence Community, Raymond Odierno, Intelligence System, Afghanistan

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

C-27J Reemerges Despite AF’s Boneyard Plans

Posted in AirThe Air Force is set to discard 21 C-27Js before the end of fiscal year 2013, yet service officials still issued a request to industry on May 10 for proposals to purchase even more of the same exact aircraft that will likely sit in the b ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 16 2013]

Entities: C-27J Spartan, C-130 Hercules, Norton A Schwartz, Military.com

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F-35 Cost Dips 1% to $391 Billion: Pentagon [Published DoD Buzz - 13 hours ago]
Panel Votes to Block Funding for Base Closures [Published DoD Buzz - 13 hours ago]
Army Leaders May Want Extra Money for Afghanistan [Published DoD Buzz - 21 hours ago]
Ford Carrier, LCS Get Boosts in Seapower Mark [Published DoD Buzz - May 23 2013]
Air Force Picks First Three KC-46A Bases [Published DoD Buzz - May 23 2013]
Senators Join Congressmen in Supporting Battlef... [Published DoD Buzz - May 22 2013]
Navy Adopts Hybrid-Electric Amphibious Assault ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 21 2013]
Pentagon Seeks $10 Billion Shift for War Costs [Published DoD Buzz - May 21 2013]
Navy Freezes Funding for Challenge Coins [Published DoD Buzz - May 20 2013]
Aegis BMD System Intercepts Mock Warhead [Published DoD Buzz - May 17 2013]
Army Defends Battlefield Intel System [Published DoD Buzz - May 17 2013]
C-27J Reemerges Despite AF’s Boneyard Plans [Published DoD Buzz - May 16 2013]
Lawmakers Press Pentagon to Fund Battlefield Ne... [Published DoD Buzz - May 15 2013]
Marine Corps Insists on High Speed ACV [Published DoD Buzz - May 14 2013]
Generals: ‘Human Domain’ Will Dictate Future Wars [Published DoD Buzz - May 14 2013]
Army Backs Battlefield Network Despite Budget S... [Published DoD Buzz - May 10 2013]
Navy Leaders Try to Rescue LCS From Its Own Report [Published DoD Buzz - May 09 2013]
Army Defends GCV, Keeps Lakota Stateside [Published DoD Buzz - May 09 2013]
Lawmakers Grill Officials Over Sex Assaults, Nukes [Published DoD Buzz - May 08 2013]
Navy, Marines Offer Options for Syria, North Korea [Published DoD Buzz - May 07 2013]
China’s Military Build-up Continues: Pentagon [Published DoD Buzz - May 07 2013]
Marines Look to Return to Maritime Roots [Published DoD Buzz - May 03 2013]
IT Deal Tops $19 Billion in April Contracts [Published DoD Buzz - May 03 2013]
Air Force awards KC-46A tanker training system ... [Published DoD Buzz - May 02 2013]
Army Secretary Defends GCV, Helo Plans [Published DoD Buzz - May 01 2013]
LCS Crew Discovers Seawater in Freedom’s Lube-Oil [Published DoD Buzz - May 01 2013]
Army Secretary: Congressman ‘Was Not Correct’ [Published DoD Buzz - Apr 30 2013]
Navy set to deploy rail guns, laser prototypes [Published DoD Buzz - Apr 29 2013]
550 Marines Move to Spain to Join AFRICOM [Published DoD Buzz - Apr 26 2013]
DARPA Outlines Plans To Develop Cyber Weapons [Published DoD Buzz - Apr 25 2013]

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F-35 Cost Dips 1% to $391 Billion: Pentagon [Published DoD Buzz - 13 hours ago] Posted in Air, Land, Naval, PolicyThe cost of the U.S. Defense Department’s most expensive weapons program, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, declined by 1 percent in the past year to $391 billion, as lawmakers remain concerned about its software.The estimated ...
Panel Votes to Block Funding for Base Closures [Published DoD Buzz - 13 hours ago] Posted in Policy, SequestrationA subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to block funding for a new round of military base closures.The House Armed Services’ readiness subcommittee on May 23 voted to prohibit the Defense Department ...
Army Leaders May Want Extra Money for Afghanistan [Published DoD Buzz - 21 hours ago] Posted in Afghanistan, LandU.S. Army leaders may soon ask Congress for supplemental funding to pay for “unanticipated war costs” as a possible solution to shortfalls in its overseas contingency accounts.Actually it was Republican Sen. Susan Collins who ...
Ford Carrier, LCS Get Boosts in Seapower Mark [Published DoD Buzz - May 23 2013] Posted in AirThe House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces released its mark-up Tuesday that raises funding allocated for the construction of aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), adjusting the cost cap up from $11.755 billion to $12.9 billion. ...
Air Force Picks First Three KC-46A Bases [Published DoD Buzz - May 23 2013] Posted in Air, PolicyThe U.S. Air Force has picked the first three bases to host the new KC-46A refueling tanker, the service announced.The service selected Altus Air Force Base, Okla.; McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.; and Pease Air National Guard Base, ...