Defense
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A published report says the remains of many more troops have been dumped in a Virginia landfill than the military originally acknowledged.
December 08, 2011 -
After the passage of the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act, the Pentagon stopped fighting the Congressional push for the military services to come together. Instead, it innovated joint operations beyond the wildest hopes of reformers in Congress. Can that model be exported to the rest of the federal government?
December 08, 2011 -
Col. Dan Hughes, the director of the Army\'s system-of-systems integration, joined in Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the second round of testing of the Army\'s handheld systems.
December 07, 2011 -
It took more than four years, but Congress succeeded in revamping the organizational structure of the Pentagon over the strident objections of the military\'s own leadership 25 years ago.
December 07, 2011 -
Winslow Wheeler, director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information, says that the latest holdups with the F-35 joint strike fighter program are nothing new. He suggests that it might be time for the DoD to pull the plug on the ill-fated program and seek other solutions.
December 06, 2011 -
The Army is collaborating with the Environmental Protection Agency to makes its bases more sustainable as part of its Net Zero initiative.
December 06, 2011 -
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production should slow down a bit, says the program\'s chief, Navy Vice Adm. David Venlet. Potential airframe cracks and hot spots are showing up on the planes, Reuters reports.
December 05, 2011 -
A new report from GAO shows vendors filed the largest number of bid protests in 2011 since 1995. At the same time, a recent report shows increased use of suspension and debarment. These two reports show a growing tension between agencies and vendors.
December 05, 2011 -
Col. Carey Tucker, the chief of the Munitions Division at the Air Force Global Strike Command, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how the realignment is going.
December 01, 2011 -
The Air Force has reinstated Advanced C4 Solutions, Superior Communications Solutions and Iron Bow Technologies after the government reviewed all the facts. The contractors, who were suspended on Oct. 24th, were working on a project at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
December 01, 2011 -
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) had objected the move that he said would further exacerbate traffic in the area. Now the Army\'s inspector general is issuing a report this week concluding the Army used flawed traffic data to make its case for locating workers to the current location along Interstate 395.
December 01, 2011 -
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks about his agency\'s fiscal health and top priorities, which extends from low-earth orbit to Mars and beyond.
November 29, 2011 -
The new ceiling on the deal is $7.4 billion. The planes have never been used in combat and have in fact been grounded several times due to ongoing issues with the Onboard Oxygen Generating System and other malfunctions.
November 23, 2011 -
Retired general spent 34 years in the Army. He will be in charge of a review to evaluate the changes made to the mortuary procedures.
November 23, 2011 -
Under Secretary of the Navy Bob Work credits civilian senior executives with providing continuity in achieving his department\'s mission of supporting warfighters.
November 22, 2011
