* A down market leads not just to consolidation, but also to spinoffs and divestures. Bloomberg. * House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon [R-CA] has been told by the Pentagon that their reprogramming request, allowed by the FY13 appropriations bill, is...
* Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) published its 5-year strategic plan [PDF]. Let it be known that the US DoD has not been the sole issuer of “read it if you really must” briefings this week. The DSTO ode to itself...
* Hearings on the FY14 US defense budget at the US House Armed Services Committee (HASC) begin, starting with the Secretary of Defense with the service chiefs coming in days ahead. * One item discussed in this morning’s HASC hearing with Chuck Hagel is the large...
* The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is starting to release the FY 2014 president budget request. So far only the long-term overview is available, which outlines the terms of a “grand bargain” to replace the sequester. The general release is...
* The US Navy will deploy a solid-state laser aboard USS Ponce during the coming fiscal year. USS Ponce, an amphibious transport dock ship formerly known as LDP 15, was refitted last year as an Afloat Forward Staging Base, Interim (AFSB-I), and will be deployed to the...
