House Defense Bill: Bit of Bad News for Everyone
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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) left the House Armed Services Committee with a wide range of bad news for DoD and the industry, from prohibiting contractors “from filling vacated civilian positions for six years” to keeping weapon systems alive defense wants to retire, but it does take a few steps toward streamlining acquisition, says Breaking Defense in a detailed report of the full NDAA.
Defense Communities 360 reports, the House Armed Service’s Readiness Subcommittee calls for an infrastructure assessment in its part of the NDAA, but rejects the Obama Administration’s repeated request for a BRAC in 2017, and the committee also told DoD to explain how it assesses the potential interference wind turbines pose to radar testing.
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Frank Kendall speaks to NAS Patuxent River personnel about the importance of science, technology and math educations, reports Armed with Science.
The Asian-Pacific pivot continues, with just released plans for two littoral combat ships operating out of Singapore in 2016 and a total of four by 2018, reports IHS Janes 360.
Marines and Navy personnel are on standby to follow Air Force and Army special forces into Nepal, reports the Navy Times.
The Coast Guard hopes to piggyback on a DoD prospect in its search for a UAV that can fly in terrible weather, at high altitudes and for days on end, reports the Navy Times.
Still under investigation are the deaths of two Navy SEALS recovered from the bottom of a swimming pool at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach, reports Pilot OnLine.
The software Dfuze and its growing data bank serve 25 countries seeking to decipher the who and how of bombs, post blast, reports Stars and Stripes.
IBM has a bigger cloud computing service business than Amazon and its growing at a faster rate as well, reports Forbes.
A six-year-old report is released, five US inspector generals assess the NSA surveillance program launched in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack, and disagree about it, reports International Business Times.
CNN presents a photo gallery of volcanoes from space.
