The three-day demonstration comes just weeks after Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., sparred during a congressional hearing over the effectiveness of the system.
The letter comes a month after the Falls Church, Va.-based defense contractor and its subcontractors deployed hundreds of lobbyists on Capitol Hill to lobby against the Army’s proposal to shift funding from WIN-T and other acquisition programs.
The product is one of a handful under review this month as part of the Army’s so-called Network Integration Evaluation.
The issues dominated a hearing at which Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh sought to highlight the harmful effects of automatic budget cuts known as sequestration.
Sea service leaders work to pivot their forces to the Pacific as they balance sequestration cuts and and offer military options on Syria and North Korea.
Many of China’s defense investments are designed to deter U.S. and foreign military intervention in the region, according to a new Pentagon report.
Marine Corps leaders are preparing for more sea basing as the U.S. defense strategy pivots to the Pacific.
The Pentagon announced more than 200 contracts with a combined value of almost $19 billion in April, according to a Military.com analysis.
The deal calls for delivery of the first aircrew training device by February 2016.
The Army’s planned Ground Combat Vehicle “is a highly viable program,” and its “unconventional” approach to get Apaches to Afghanistan is needed, Army Secretary John McHugh said.
The Army says it didn’t reject a request for commercial software to gather intelligence.
Office of Navy Research chief said service must press these next generation prototypes into service to see if they are worth a bigger investment.
The Air Force still wants to award contracts to begin developing the so-called Long Range Strike-Bomber in the next year or two.
The service is facing a potential funding shortfall of more than $15 billion this year.
China for the first time listed a headcount for the People’s Liberation Army by service.
Service leaders have made progress toward improving network architecture for ISR, targeting capabilities and data analysis following a 2011 review.
Senators point to the Pentagon’s budget proposal as proof the military isn’t serious about starting the process.
Pentagon leaders delayed their OCO budget proposal until they have a better idea on what troop levels will be in 2014.
Pentagon spending on cyber operations would jump 21 percent to $4.7 billion in 2014.
Army officials correct confusion and explain that an analyst error led to announcement of 18-month delay to the Army’s top vehicle modernization priority.
