Latest DoD IG report clears a hurdle for SPACECOM move to Alabama
Following the release of the report today, Alabama politicians began touting the new OIG report as justifying a Trump move to reverse Biden's basing decision.
False start? DoD IG ‘terminated’ NGAD next-gen fighter review, but may revisit down the road
The review was to examine whether the Air Force was moving too fast in pushing the plane into the EMD phase, but there was no EMD phase after all.
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Armored vehicles and Patriots sent to Ukraine without solid sustainment plan, says Pentagon IG
“We're certainly aware that we could be doing more, but we've been saying from the beginning that we need to make sure that the Ukrainians have every tool available to them to maintain these systems,” Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said today.
Pentagon IG to examine how DoD discovered billions more for Ukraine after ‘valuation errors’
“The objective of this audit is to determine the extent and impact of the March 2023 estimation change for valuing assets provided under Presidential Drawdown Authority,” the Defense Department Inspector General's office wrote in a memo.
Congressional watchdog ‘expects’ to open new investigation of SPACECOM basing choice
Meanwhile, Alabama's Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday sent a letter to the Pentagon's Office of the Inspector General asking it to also investigate the decision.
Pentagon inspector general has questions about the Air Force’s sixth-gen fighter
The Pentagon's inspector general wants to look into whether the Next Generation Air Dominance program was mature enough to enter the engineering and manufacturing development phase. However, the program may have never officially entered EMD.
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Pentagon tightening rules for non-traditional contracts in wake of internal audit
An audit by the DoD Inspector General found that while federal law "allows for one of 4 conditions for a prototype OT award," Pentagon rules contain "no requirement to validate that the contractor met those conditions," an OIG spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
Former DIU director cleared of ethics allegations
The decision comes more than a year after Mike Brown withdrew his nomination for DoD’s top acquisition role due to concerns over how long the investigation would take.
In Afghanistan $7.1B in planes, trucks, weapons seized by Taliban since withdrawal: DOD watchdog
Ground vehicles accounted for the lion's share of the equipment left behind.
Environmental review gives clean bill to all SPACECOM site options
The next, and deciding, step in the controversial basing process will be the decision by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on which proposed site will allow SPACECOM the speediest path to "full operational capability (FOC)."
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SPACECOM basing process ‘fell short’ on transparency, credibility: GAO
"At this point, the biggest thing standing in the way of SPACECOM is political inertia and sore loser syndrome, each a detriment to U.S. military effectiveness," wrote Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville last month in a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee leaders.
After IG revelations, CO politicians push need for speed in basing SPACECOM HQ
A draft version of a DoD inspector general report, obtained by Breaking Defense, said an Alabama HQ was justified, even after top military officials made a last-minute push for Colorado Springs.
EXCLUSIVE: OIG finds Trump’s Huntsville choice for SPACECOM HQ justified
The final OIG report redacts details in the draft version, obtained by Breaking Defense, about how arguments by top military brass jumped Colorado Springs to DoD's first choice only days before Trump's briefing.
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Army emphasized it "remains committed" to the $21 billion-plus program.