Navy Working to Counter Missile and Budget Threats
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The Navy is calling for target missiles, reports Time’s Battleland, which further reports the target practice is directed at China.
House Armed Services Committee passes $513 billion military funding bill, reports Defense News. Expect debate when the full House takes up the military appropriations bill today, reports Defense News’ Intercept. The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act is anticipated to be one of the points debated as the House considers the defense authorization bill, reports FCW. Follow the hearing on C-SPAN.
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter prepares two 2014 budget requests, the first in line with the Administration’s and the second for the contingency that Congress remains in gridlock, reports GovExec.
DoD offers an escalating scale of scenarios associated with the five budgets it has to create this year, reports Breaking Defense.
BRAC doesn’t necessarily mean savings, reports Defense News’ Intercepts.
Missile Defense Agency sees no reason for an East Coast missile site, reports Defense Tech.
Navy to order 99 V-22s, reports Military.com, at $6.5 billion.
It’s possible top officials at internet information firms tapped by PRISM didn’t know, reports Defence Talk. Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden similarities reported by Military.com.
China takes its aircraft carrier for sea-trials and training, reports Defence Talk.
Lockheed will hold airworthiness activities at Pax for the Finnish Hornets in a follow-on contract, reports Defense Industry News. Testing goes to China Lake.
Retired officers call for more early education spending to increase the number of high school graduates, reports Military.com.
