‘Extraordinary’ National Security Space Changes, 7-Year V-22 Multiyear In NDAA

‘Extraordinary’ National Security Space Changes, 7-Year V-22 Multiyear In NDAA
‘Extraordinary’ National Security Space Changes, 7-Year V-22 Multiyear In NDAA

  UPDATED: Adds Changes To Air Force Space Command CAPITOL HILL: Principal DoD Space Advisor. Gone. Air Force’s new A-11 space staff. Kaput. Defense Space Council. Dead. And that’s really just the beginning of what the Senate and House Armed Services Committees hath wrought to national security space in the National Defense Authorization Act. The…

LCS Frigate Block Buy Battle: Should Navy Buy Upgraded Ships Wholesale?

LCS Frigate Block Buy Battle: Should Navy Buy Upgraded Ships Wholesale?
LCS Frigate Block Buy Battle: Should Navy Buy Upgraded Ships Wholesale?

WASHINGTON: Should the Navy buy the next generation of Littoral Combat Ships in bulk? A contentious hearing today before House Armed Services subcommittee on oversight largely framed the options as polar opposites. You can either sign a multi-ship deal to drive down the price, at the risk of getting “locked in” to buying a flawed…

Cutting OCO May Be Solution For NDAA: Kendall

Cutting OCO May Be Solution For NDAA: Kendall
Cutting OCO May Be Solution For NDAA: Kendall

WASHINGTON: If the National Defense Authorization Act really is vetoed by President Obama, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official thinks slicing out the Overseas Contingency Funding and leaving the rest of the bills as is might work. Frank Kendall, undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, also said that another Continuing Resolution in December covering the all…

SASC & HASC Acquisition Reform Bills Move Ahead

SASC & HASC Acquisition Reform Bills Move Ahead
SASC & HASC Acquisition Reform Bills Move Ahead

CAPITOL HILL: Two chairmen, two very different personalities, two different approaches to one goal: fixing Pentagon procurement. Now their bills are heading towards what may be a happy marriage or an ugly collision. On the south side of Capitol Hill today, House Armed Services chairman Mac Thornberry is shepherding his committee’s version of the 2016…

F-35 Prices Drop 8 Percent In $7 Billion Deal

F-35 Prices Drop 8 Percent In $7 Billion Deal
F-35 Prices Drop 8 Percent In $7 Billion Deal

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon and F-35 maker Lockheed Martin have agreed on the terms of a deal for the Defense Department to buy two lots of F-35s for $7 billion. The big question now is the average price per plane for each tranche (LRIP 6 and 7). While we’ve confirmed with two sources that the deal…

It’s Great Time To Run V-22 Osprey Program; POTUS Duty, Multiyear, Safety

Time was, only a masochist could enjoy managing the V-22 Osprey program office. The Marines put the tiltrotor troop transport into service in 2007 after a quarter of a century of development that included design problems, a four-year battle pitting the Corps and their pro-Osprey allies in Congress and industry against a sitting defense secretary,…