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Air Force

DoD Office Created To Implement Air-Sea Battle Concept

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 14th, 2011

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The Defense Department has a new Air-Sea Battle Concept office expected to integrate air and naval combat capabilities--and soon to incorporate the Army--in support of freedom of action for U.S. military power projection in light of emerging national security requirements. The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review directed the Navy, Marines and Air Force to create an Air-Sea Battle Concept that integrates air and naval forces to counter and operate in an anti-access area denial (A2AD) environment. Recently, the secretary of defense…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

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Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]