Through the first 14 months of his term, Defense Secretary Ash Carter has made the push toward innovation a key part of his agenda. But a new report says that if Carter wants his innovation push to last, he needs also to be focusing inside the building the secretary often dismisses as “the five sided box” when talking to audiences. – Defense News
Top financial experts are worried about a key piece of the military's new blended retirement system and are urging the Pentagon not to shortchange career troops — especially enlisted service members. – Military Times Competitors like Russia and China are closing the advanced weapons gap with the United States, aiming to push the U.S. out of areas on their front doorstep. – The Hill Through the first 14 months of his term, Defense Secretary Ash Carter has made the push toward innovation a key part of his agenda. But a new report says that if Carter wants his innovation push to last, he needs also to be focusing inside the building the secretary often dismisses as “the five sided box” when talking to audiences. – Defense News Justin Johnson writes: Thornberry’s bill, and his willingness to invite public comment on it, is exactly the type of thinking and leadership we need from Congress. This is what congressional oversight should look like. Perhaps the rest of Congress can watch and learn. – Breaking Defense Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) writes: As nearly every military official has testified before our committee this year, the lack of action on a long term budget compromise will greatly impact our ability to build the ships, aircraft and capabilities we know we will urgently need in the coming decades. This is an issue that we cannot solve in this committee alone, but I hope that we can continue to make the bipartisan case for action with our colleagues in the House as we move forward. – The National Interest House Armed Services Committee chairman Mac Thornberry introduced legislation Monday to scrap the Pentagon’s main public policy document, the beleaguered Quadrennial Defense Review, and replace it with two major strategy documents from Pentagon leadership. – Defense News House Armed Services Committee chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry is proposing giving each service the ability to develop new technologies under a flexible budget scheme, as part of a larger push for molecularity in Pentagon systems. – Defense News If the Pentagon takes the money and suggestions in the House Armed Services Committee’s draft National Defense Authorization Act, it will place offensive missiles on Navy amphibious ships and Army shore batteries. It’ll have new missile defenses too: land-based railguns shooting electromagnetically propelled slugs at seven times the speed of sound. – Breaking Defense In the wake of a Pentagon report that says 22 percent of military bases will be unneeded by 2019, the House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is introducing legislation that would let the military close and consolidate its domestic installations. – Defense News
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