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29% of A-10 fleet targeted for retirement

Defense Systems News

U.S. Air Force Reveals Budget Cut Details -- 123 fighters and 133 airlifters

-- Air Force Force Structure Change Plan

Proposed A-10 cuts total 29% of inventory

USAF Chief Gen Schwartz: Precision Munitions Lessen Need for A-10

SECDEF Panetta, at Wehrkunde, urges allies to do more

SECDEF Panetta: Sequestration is "crazy"

Apache Project Office demonstrates capability to enable collective manned-unmanned teaming training

Report: North Korea Developing UAV Based on U.S. Drone

Defense Disconnect: Lean Times, Fat Profits

US Navy Revisiting Feasibility Of A Sub-Launched Global Strike Weapon

Italy committed to F-35 programme but may cut order

Meet the Air Newest Air Force X-Plane

Republicans plot to avoid sequestration -- to no avail for now

Contact Lens Technology Could Give Soldiers 'Terminator' Capabilities


Defense Systems Personnel

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently announced that President Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Bill Gortney as the next commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command.  Vice Admiral Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, would be given a 4th star and replace the retiring Admiral John Harvey, U.S. Fleet Forces Commander since July 2009.  
President Obama also notified Congress of four additional nominationsFrank Kendall to be the Undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, James Miller to be the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, (Georgetown Hoya) Erin Conaton to be the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readinesss and Jessica Lynn Wright to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.

Defense Systems Video

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In this new YOUTUBE video, Representatives Steven Palazzo (MS), Allen West (FL), Marsha Blackburn (TN) and Jon Runyan (R-NJ), join Armed Services Committee Howard P. "Buck" McKeon in making an appeal to President Obama to reverse damaging sequestration cuts on the horizon by joining them in supporting H.R. 3662, the Down Payment to Protect National Security Act.   

 

The Down Payment to Protect National Security Act would prevent a further round of cuts, beyond the $465 billion already announced by the President, from hitting our military as a result of sequestration and is fully offset. H.R. 3662 achieves the first year of savings required in sequestration through attrition in the federal workforce by 10% over ten years. This common sense approach to preserve our national security has over 30 co-sponsors in the House.


 

Defense Systems Dialogue

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DSJ is at this week's Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference and is gearing up for Heli-Expo 2012 to be held in Dallas, TX and the Association of the U.S. Army's Winter Symposium & Expo, to be held 22-24 February in Fort Lauderdale, FL. 

Check back wth DS Journal for the latest in industry developments from these events.