Array of DoD Needs Face a Lame Duck Congress
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Defense News interviews Bob Work, US Deputy of Defense who is among one of the the front runners to replace DefSec Chuck Hagel. The Marine Corps veteran comes out of the Thanksgiving holiday on a shortlist of with his predecessor Ashton Carter to replace Mr. Hagel.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is still crunching numbers for what she and other legislators hope will be an omnibus spending bill to carry the nation into next year and which includes full funding for the Pentagon. However, reports Defense News, she and Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., her appropriations counterpart in the House, remain uncommitted to the full $5.6 billion sought by the White House to fight the Islamic State.
Cybersecurity bill looks unlikely in a lame duck Congress, RollCall reports.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt. will no longer be chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee when the Republicans take control of the chamber in January, but Stars and Stripes report that he is committed to passing legislation before year-end to address high suicide rates among veterans. Sen. Sanders said an average of 22 veterans kill themselves each day.
Business Insider dissects Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon with a cross section view and descriptions of the components of the Navy’s latest aircraft that “sees under the waves.”
Pakistan is looking to buy China’s FC-31 stealth jet, the jet highlighted the recent, biennial Zhuhai Air Show, reports Defense Tech.
Raytheon announced the successful demonstration of its NextGen Jammer system, for the first time powered by the air stream, reports C4ISR & Networks.
After a year of dragging its feet in the wake of controversy about the current director of naval intelligence, VADM Ted Branch, the Office of the Secretary of the Navy nominated RADM Elizabeth Train to head the office, reports Defense Tech.
The Entrepreneur reports on the new FAA rulings that would keep commercial drone development too restrictive for successful business models in such arenas as crop and pipeline monitoring.
Reuters reports a vote out of OPEC likely to keep gasoline prices falling into the coming months.
Dulles International Airport is struggling as passengers increasingly choose Reagan National, reports the Washington Post.
