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Biden Taps SAIC Exec For Army Under Secretary, Jeff Flake For Turkey Ambassador

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

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Biden Taps SAIC Exec For Army Under Secretary, Jeff Flake For Turkey Ambassador

Gabe Camarillo, Army Under Secretary

President Biden has nominated Gabe Camarillo, a current senior vice president at Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC], to serve as the Army’s next under secretary. Camarillo previously served as the principal deputy assistant secretary in the Army’s procurement office from 2012 to 2015, where he helped lead the service’s research and development and modernization portfolio, according to the White House. In 2015, Camarillo then shifted over to the Air Force after he was appointed to the role of Assistant Secretary…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]