Senate Wants to Reduce Sequestration by Half
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The Senate budget plan would reduce sequestration cuts by half, Defense News reports and notes that a provision about Pacific salmon could end up causing a government shutdown. FCW says the plan would cancel a planned federal pay raise. Politico says the Aerospace Industries Association is a big political loser on sequestration. Time takes aim at the price of command challenge coins.
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Government Computer News talks to Larry Hollingsworth at NAVAIR about using 4G for ship-to-ship communication.
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall (paywall) wants to refine DoD’s contracting methods and language, according to Inside Defense.
Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan said he is streamlining the Joint Strike Fighter office, and he wants to see Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney do the same, according to Reuters. The Joint Strike Missile is fitted to the F-35 at Lockheed’s plant for the first time, according to FlightGlobal. NextGov reports that the F-35 will not be ready for combat until 2019.
Washington Technology asks if you have a business diversification plan. The Enterprise says that Del. John Bohanan does.
China’s new stealth fighter may head to sea, Wired reports.
