Sequestration Would ‘Break” LCS, KC-46 Contracts, Kendall Says
“In a word, it would be devastating to the department:” Kendall tells SASC abt sequestration. Would “break” KC-46 tanker and LCS contracts. colinclarkaol
GOP Worries New Navy Shipbuilding Plan Cuts Fleet While We ‘Pivot’ To Asia
CAPITOL HILL: Republicans think the Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan marks a fundamental mistake: cutting the size of the fleet from 313 to 300 or so when we are increasing our focus on the Asia-Pacific And you can be sure they will let the Navy’s top acquisition officials know that at tomorrow morning’s House Armed […]
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SecDef Panetta To Visit USS Peleliu
More budget juice for Marines as SecDef Panetta visits Camp Pendleton, Calif. on March 30. He’ll take hovercraft to visit USS Peleliu. colinclarkaol
Rumors Swirl About Head of Russia Space Agency
This is is priceless — if true! See the costs of depending on Russia for access to space: broken bottles and heads! t.co/GlHIAW99 colinclarkaol
China Attacked Internet Security Company RSA, Cyber Commander Tells SASC
CAPITOL HILL: The head of Cyber Command, Gen. Keith Alexander, confirmed today that China was behind last year’s penetration and software theft from the respected Internet security company, RSA. Alexander was asked by Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, for unclassified examples of cyber attacks from China. Alexander, who rarely speaks […]
China Does Nothing to Stop Counterfeit Defense Parts; Findings ‘Should Outrage Every American’
CAPITOL HILL: “These findings should outrage every American.” Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is a tough former prosecutor but he rarely offers such sweeping condemnations as he did today when releasing the findings of a congressional sting operation designed to test whether China had changed its ways and had started […]
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Global Hawks Sitting In A Hangar ‘Not Acceptable’ To Norm Dicks; Hints At Legislation
CAPITOL HILL: The congressional fight over the fate of Northrop Grumman’s 18 Global Hawk Block 30s is on, led so far by Rep. Norm Dicks on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. “The idea we would spend all this money to buy them and then put them in a hangar is just unacceptable,” said Dicks, ranking […]
DNI Jim Clapper Out in Fall? Rumor Mill Says Maybe
WASHINGTON: Jim Clapper, the first Director of National Intelligence to order budget cuts across the intelligence community, may be leaving his post this fall. Or, then again, he may not. At this stage, all is rumor. So far, we’ve got three people with good intelligence connections saying Clapper is likely on the way out. We’ve […]
Rep. Norm Dicks, Boeing Stalwart, Leaving Congress; He ‘Will Always Be My Chairman’
WASHINGTON: Norm Dicks, one of the toughest and most engaging players in Congress, announced today that he will not run for Congress again after 36 years serving his country. Dicks became best known in recent years for his hard-edged and sometimes unquestioning support for Boeing on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. His advocacy of the […]
HASC Chair Won’t Intervene For Global Hawk; Pledges To Try For More DoD Dough
CAPITOL HILL: Even though Global Hawk is built in his district, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon told me today that he would not personally push to save the Block 30s from oblivion. “I will not be involved in trying to force something just because it’s best for my district,” McKeon said today […]
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How To Avoid Defense Sequestration: A Democrat’s Answer
WASHINGTON: One Adam Smith was a master of rational behavior in the economic world, the man who taught how making pins really mattered. Capitol Hill boasts another Adam Smith, perhaps not as august a personage, but one who appears to approach defense issues with an emphasis on fact and rational decision making, and more than […]
‘We’ll Work Our Asses Off,’ Air Force Chief Pledges In Wake of Super Tucano Fiasco
WASHINGTON: The Air Force leadership is hurting in the wake of another botched acquisition and the continuing Dover Air Force Base burial scandal, and you could see it in the face of Gen. Norton Schwartz this morning. The latest cock-up forced the Air Force to set aside, effective March 2, the $355 million contract for […]
‘Egregious Waste And Misconduct’ At DoD, Senator Tells Panetta
Sen. Grassley presses Panetta on ‘egregious waste and misconduct’ at DoD dug up in Inspector General reports. bit.ly/xZsHKR colinclarkaol
Why Air Force Won’t Buy Nuke Mission CVLSP Helos — For A While
ORLANDO: The nation doesn’t need to rush out and buy the Common Vertical Lift Support Platform, designed to rush troops to nuclear sites or to evacuate senior lawmakers in event of a strike against the capital, because security at missile and other facilities has improved. And there’s not much money around to buy it with. […]