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A top DoD budget official said if Congress does not pass a new budget for 2016, the Pentagon would not have enough money to upgrade systems and platforms for a second straight year.
September 17, 2015-
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The Marine Corps pays almost three times as much to move a vehicle for a permanent change of station as the Army does. The Government Accountability Office found the military is spending more on PCS moves even though the forces are actually making fewer reassignments. Retired Navy Adm. John Harvey is former Commander of the Fleet Forces Command and former Chief of Naval Personnel. He's now Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He told In Depth with Francis Rose what's driving the increase in costs.
September 17, 2015 -
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Air Force will invest further in space, cyber and nuclear deterrence in President Barack Obama's 2017 budget request. The announcement comes as the clock continues ticking for Congress to avoid sequestration in the 2016 budget, and even a possible shutdown by the end of the month. The Defense Department’s intentions to amp up investments in 2017 signals an unwillingness to back down on its priorities in the face of budget uncertainty. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione says Carter's announcement is based in an initiative his predecessor started.
September 17, 2015 -
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter says he will invest in cyber, space and nuclear deterrence portfolios when creating the Air Force’s fiscal year 2017 budget.
September 17, 2015 -
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The Defense Department has tried to reform its acquisition process for decades. DoD wants to address persistent cost and schedule growth that hit most major programs. Although countless reforms have been proposed and implemented, waste, fraud and abuse continue. Bill Lucyshyn is the interim director of the University of Maryland's Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise. He's also one of the authors of a comprehensive new study of acquisition reform. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
September 16, 2015 -
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The Air Force awarded a contract worth nearly half a billion dollars to 22 companies under its Agile Acquisition program. The work is based at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Jonathan Cansdale and Capt. Toshiro Toyama are contracting officers in the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin. As part of Pentagon Solutions, they told In Depth with Francis Rose about the details of the contract. Cansdale described the parameters of the contract that make it agile
September 16, 2015 -
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The Information Technology Box is the Army's new method of procuring cyber solutions quickly. The Army will use it to procure tools to support defensive cyber operations like sensors and analytics. But the box itself isn't new. Kevin Fahey, executive director of the System of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, joined In Depth with Francis Rose on Pentagon Solutions. Fahey said DoD first used the IT box construct around 2008.
September 16, 2015 -
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A draft version of Ashton Carter’s Force of the Future initiative seeks to transition Defense civilians out of existing civil service rules and create the underpinnings of a more “flexible” system.
September 16, 2015 -
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Secretary John McHugh said an impending budget showdown coupled with a reduction in forces could have a serious impact on the Army's readiness.
September 15, 2015 -
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A major element of the Defense Department’s new program to better detect insider threats will be up and running by next month. The Department of Defense is launching the DoD Insider Threat Management Analysis Center. It's known as the DITMAC. Federal News Radio DoD reporter Jared Serbu tells Francis Rose what the DIT-MAC will do and how it will do it.
September 15, 2015 -
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The ‘should schedule’ program will work in conjunction with the ‘should cost’ effort to incentivize industry to perform better.
September 14, 2015 -
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The Air Force's Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance division supplies information through a mix of aircraft, satellite, computer technology and human analysis to help the Air Force stay at the top of its game. Members of the ISR, now the 25th Air Force, are at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference to tell the rest of the service more about themselves. Three of them joined anchor Emily Kopp on In Depth with Francis Rose -- Maj. Christina Sheets, Air Force foreign policy fellow; Technical Sgt. John Sims, imagery analyst; and Staff Sgt. Anthony Adams, special equipment operator. View a photo gallery and all of our coverage from the AFA Air and Space Conference.
September 14, 2015 -
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The Air Force is the smallest and oldest it has ever been. Air Force leaders say it's "too small." But a plan to add troops soon looks more and more unlikely given that Congress hasn't passed a budget yet for the fiscal year that begins in October. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James joined Emily Kopp on In Depth with Francis Rose at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference to discuss the Air Force's financial concerns and much more.
September 14, 2015 -
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Out of the nearly quarter-million enlisted personnel in the Air Force, 12 are named Outstanding Airmen of the Year. They show leadership and care for their communities. Two of them spoke with Emily Kopp at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference. Tech. Sgt. Tamara Acfalle teaches at the Patrick Air Force Base Airman Leadership School in Florida. Master Sgt. Joseph Bogdan is the superintendent for the Airman and Family Readiness Center at Travis Air Force Base in California.
September 14, 2015
