Congress Recesses, DoD Orders 20% in HQ Reductions
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With one-third of the October 1st appropriation bills passed, Congress left town for its five week recess, Politico recaps the budgeting brinksmanship thus far.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel ordered late last week, a “20 percent cut in management headquarters spending throughout the Department of Defense. Here’s the memo, at Breaking Defense. The Army could shrink by another 15 percent, reports Defence Talk. Yet Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter is still looking for ways to reduce the number of furlough days, reports Defense.Gov.
F-35 funding looks solid in FY14 but not not so much in the FY15 DoD budgeting projections, reports The Motley Fool. A Senate committee says “significant challenges remain,” reports Business Week. Bloomberg reports Lockheed’s JSF was among the programs examined for potential elimination in the Pentagon’s private discussions of its Strategic Review. Still, the latest deal has the fighter jet below $100 million excluding engine and retrofits, reports Aviation Week.
The first woman and first African American will head government printing office as it moves into the digital age, reports FCW. Navigate the Twitter map of the world, Next Gov has the link. China is launching a website to stamp out rumors on the internet, reports Quartz.
A grim military outlook in an increasingly uncertain world produces a feeling of palpable fear at the Pentagon, reports Breaking Defense. Is an eight carrier Navy in our future? asks Defense News.
The Air Force and Navy demonstrated progress in sharing data on the wing in exercises last month in Northern Virginia, reports Flightglobal. Common command and control of UCLASS gets a look-over by Navy, reports Defense Update. NATO allies developing uniform standards for controlling and operating robots, reports Defense Tech. The Hill reports the Navy remains full steam ahead transitioning to domestic bio-fuels.
Sequestration delaying medical care for military, reports USA Today.
US Navy orders 13 more P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Boeing for $1.98 billion, reports Shephard.
ExecGov reports, contractors adjusting business plans and strategies dealing with government budget uncertainties.
Fifty-five Army and five Navy personnel suspended following a military investigation that uncovered a range of offenses, reports The Hill.
Gov. Martin O’Malley talks about a presidential bid in 2016, reports Politico.
