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Realignment moves hit Guam

Two major defense contractors are joining forces to compete for the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense development and sustainment contract.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Update , Defense , USMC , Raytheon , Lockheed Martin , contracting

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A smartphone for the warzone

Get your daily defense news update

Tags: DoD Report , DorobekInsider , technology , Defense , management , Air Force , General Dynamics

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Analysis: DoD spending cut starting points

The Pentagon is facing political and economic pressures to restrain its budget, while responding to challenges about the size and cost of the armed services. Jim McAleese, defense analyst and principal at McAleese & Associates takes a look at the process so far.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , DoD , Jim McAleese

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How to find low hanging DoD spending cut fruit

US sending big helicopters to help flood relief, Pentagon says Rolling Stone writer denied embed

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , Jim McAleese , Pakistan , Rolling Stone , spending cuts

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Gates digs in on budget cuts

DoD CIO nomination hearing postponed

Tags: Federal Drive , Defense Update , Defense , DoD , Robert Gates

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Task force: Personnel costs one place DoD could cut

Tags: In Depth , In DepthRose , Defense , Pay & Benefits , Francis Rose , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee

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Petraeus resets Afghan airstrike rules

Industry wants changes in DoD contract reforms

Tags: Federal Drive , Defense Update , DoD , Defense

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SIGIR: Defense can't account for $8.7 billion

A report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction shows that insufficient accounting procedures has left DoD unable to account for 96% of the funding it received from the Development Fund for Iraq.

Tags: Defense , DoD , Development Fund for Iraq , Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction , SIGIR , Treasury , Rachel Stevens

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Katrina's legacy extends to Afghanistan

A team of over 40 civilians is going to Afghanistan to set up a distribution facility where materials are stored and issued to members of the military. Rear Admiral Thomas Traaen tells us how it works.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , logistics , DoD , Defense , Defense Distribution Center , Thomas Traaen , Suzanne Kubota

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Shut up when necessary

The Pentagon is feed up with leaks. "Over the last two years I've lost a first rate central command commander, and an outstanding commander of ISAF in Afghanistan due to their own missteps in dealing with the media, says Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates. He adds' "if you're a Captain in a unit that has an embedded reporter", be as open as possible within the guidelines and rules, but "if you're a Captain working in this building on budget options, I expect you to keep your mouth shut."

Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Defense , Robert Gates , ISAF , J.J. Green

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