June 4, 2026

White House Sequestration Report Due to Arrive

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It’s a week late, but the Obama administration’s report on sequestration spending should come Friday.

F-35 Endures a ‘Very Painful’ Pentagon Review

F-35C JSF formation

Defense Acquisition Board unhappy with testing progress on the fighter’s high-tech helmet display.

White House Misses Sequestration Deadline

Pentagon Capitol

Congress wants a report on how the White House plans to make sequestration defense cuts.

Jacques Gansler: Go Slow on Acquisitions Reform

Jacques Gansler

Former undersecretary of defense for Clinton warns the Pentagon not to repeat past mistakes.

Pentagon Holds Up JSF Testing Plan

F-35C JSF Pax hangar

The head of Operational Test and Evaluation wants the JSF program to determine how it is going to test the aircraft’s electronics.

Sequester Could Bring ‘Devastating Recession’ to Region

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Region gets 20 percent of Federal payroll dollars.

Demand Still Strong for Small Drones

Integrator

The military small UAV market is still booming.

As War Ends, Drone Money Dries Up

tigershark uav

As the Afghan war winds down, the procurement bureaucracy will reassert control of UAV spending.

Pentagon Abandons BRAC Plans for Now

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DoD will pursue overseas base closures instead.

X-47B Begins Deck Handling Trials

X-47B UCAS-D in hangar

Attack drone is scheduled for carriers trials next year.