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Budget

DoD Approves Certain BlackBerry, Samsung Products For Use On Networks

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

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The Defense Department said last week it approved BlackBerry [BBRY] 10 smartphones, BlackBerry PlayBook tablets with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 mobile device management and Samsung’s Android operating system (OS) that uses the company’s Knox enterprise mobile solution version for use on DoD networks. DoD spokesman Lt. Col. Damien Pickart said last week this is a “significant step” towards establishing a multi-vendor environment that supports a variety of state-of-the-art devices and operating systems. Google [GOOG] develops the Android OS. Approval for…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]