March 28, 2024

Pentagon: BRAC Is Back for Fiscal 2014

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta tells Stars & Stripes that the Pentagon will propose another round of base realignment and closure (BRAC) as part of its fiscal 2014 budget request. Defense News says the budget request will arrive at Congress March 25.

Pentagon CapitolTime says sequestration is likely to happen. Pax River braces for impact, according to The Enterprise. A study claims that sequestration job loss claims by the defense industry are overblown, according to Government Executive. But Washington Technology says the defense budget’s woes go deeper than sequestration.

Pax River’s VX-1 test squadron declares the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye “suitable and effective” in an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) report.

Aviation Week says the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter won’t be grounded for long. Lockheed is claiming that all three versions of the F-35 will have kinematic performance better than or equal to any combat-configured fourth-generation fighter, Flight Global reports.

GOP Senators threaten a walkout during the vote to nominate Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, Politico reports.

House bill would strip individual agency programs for suspending or debarring fraudulent contractors, FCW reports.

SOCOM places an urgent order for Insitu drones, FlightGlobal reports.

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