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Budget

DoD To Deliver Strategy Review By July 1, Carter Says

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

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DoD To Deliver Strategy Review By July 1, Carter Says

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter. Photo: Pentagon

The Defense Department will have its Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR), a wide-ranging analysis of how the fiscal year 2014 defense budget will be impacted by sequestration cuts, delivered to Congress by July 1, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said yesterday. DoD said May 30 the SCMR would not be released “for weeks.” But DoD spokesman James Swarthout said yesterday all the internal SCMR work has been performed and the Pentagon is waiting to brief Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]