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General In Charge Of F-35 Is Determined To Shake Things Up -- Business Insider
If there's one thing the Pentagon is learning from the automatic budget cuts hitting defense spending, it's the grim realization that they don't have an unlimited amount of cash to burn.
That understanding is clear with the recent remarks from Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the manager of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, who promised "housekeeping changes" within the program office, as Reuters reports:
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U.S. F-35 Chief Reorganizing Program Office -- Defense News
MoD admits 'we don't know' over F-35B fighter problems -- Defence Management
Singapore in 'final stages' of evaluating F-35 -- Space Daily/AFP
India, China military build-up fuelling mutual suspicion: US -- Zee News
Report: China developing advanced drone fleet -- Defense Tech
China investing in destabilising UAV capabilities: report -- Flight Global
China commissions 'next-generation' stealth frigate -- Economic Times
Analysis: Taiwan Releases QDR; Lacks Substance -- Defense News
Taiwan Not Ready for Military Confidence Steps with China -- Defense News
Report: Surge in N. Korea Air Force Sorties -- Defense News
India aborts testing of new cruise missile: defence body -- Space Daily/AFP
US U-2 Reconnaissance Plane Shooed away from Iranian Airspace -- Fars News Agency (Iran)
Iran to launch new destroyer in Caspian Sea -- Trend.az
Syria, pressed by war, deploys all-female units -- Washington Post
CIA Effort In Iraq Places US Spooks On Syria's Three Largest Borders -- Business Insider
Report: The CIA Increasing Operations in Iraq -- Mother Jones
Erased US data shows 1 in 4 missiles in Afghan airstrikes now fired by drone -- Bureau Of Investigative Journalism
Tiny, Suicidal Drone/Missile Mashup Is Part of U.S.’ Afghanistan Arsenal -- Danger Room
National Security Advisor Explains Asia-Pacific Pivot -- US Department of Defense
Cyber threats against U.S. "ramping up," Obama says -- CNN
Spy chief: Americans 'not wittingly' monitored -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Navy's limited tac-air roadmap -- Eric Palmer Blog
Dempsey: Sequestration Will Affect Programs, Readiness -- US Department of Defense
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Report: China developing advanced drone fleet -- Defense Tech
China investing in destabilising UAV capabilities: report -- Flight Global
China commissions 'next-generation' stealth frigate -- Economic Times
Analysis: Taiwan Releases QDR; Lacks Substance -- Defense News
Taiwan Not Ready for Military Confidence Steps with China -- Defense News
Report: Surge in N. Korea Air Force Sorties -- Defense News
India aborts testing of new cruise missile: defence body -- Space Daily/AFP
US U-2 Reconnaissance Plane Shooed away from Iranian Airspace -- Fars News Agency (Iran)
Iran to launch new destroyer in Caspian Sea -- Trend.az
Syria, pressed by war, deploys all-female units -- Washington Post
CIA Effort In Iraq Places US Spooks On Syria's Three Largest Borders -- Business Insider
Report: The CIA Increasing Operations in Iraq -- Mother Jones
Erased US data shows 1 in 4 missiles in Afghan airstrikes now fired by drone -- Bureau Of Investigative Journalism
Tiny, Suicidal Drone/Missile Mashup Is Part of U.S.’ Afghanistan Arsenal -- Danger Room
National Security Advisor Explains Asia-Pacific Pivot -- US Department of Defense
Cyber threats against U.S. "ramping up," Obama says -- CNN
Spy chief: Americans 'not wittingly' monitored -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Navy's limited tac-air roadmap -- Eric Palmer Blog
Dempsey: Sequestration Will Affect Programs, Readiness -- US Department of Defense
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India aborts testing of new cruise missile: defence body -- Space Daily/AFP
US U-2 Reconnaissance Plane Shooed away from Iranian Airspace -- Fars News Agency (Iran)
Iran to launch new destroyer in Caspian Sea -- Trend.az
Syria, pressed by war, deploys all-female units -- Washington Post
CIA Effort In Iraq Places US Spooks On Syria's Three Largest Borders -- Business Insider
Report: The CIA Increasing Operations in Iraq -- Mother Jones
Erased US data shows 1 in 4 missiles in Afghan airstrikes now fired by drone -- Bureau Of Investigative Journalism
Tiny, Suicidal Drone/Missile Mashup Is Part of U.S.’ Afghanistan Arsenal -- Danger Room
National Security Advisor Explains Asia-Pacific Pivot -- US Department of Defense
Cyber threats against U.S. "ramping up," Obama says -- CNN
Spy chief: Americans 'not wittingly' monitored -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Navy's limited tac-air roadmap -- Eric Palmer Blog
Dempsey: Sequestration Will Affect Programs, Readiness -- US Department of Defense
Training For Some Air Force Pilots To Stop Mid-April -- Defense news
Will sports miss military flyovers? -- Baltimore Sun
Air Force joins Army, Marines in cutting tuition assistance -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. Senate committee to review military justice system -- ABC News
Afghan witnesses visit base to prepare for Staff Sgt. Bales' court-martial -- McClatchy News
At What Cost a Carrier? -- Information Dissemination
US U-2 Reconnaissance Plane Shooed away from Iranian Airspace -- Fars News Agency (Iran)
Iran to launch new destroyer in Caspian Sea -- Trend.az
Syria, pressed by war, deploys all-female units -- Washington Post
CIA Effort In Iraq Places US Spooks On Syria's Three Largest Borders -- Business Insider
Report: The CIA Increasing Operations in Iraq -- Mother Jones
Erased US data shows 1 in 4 missiles in Afghan airstrikes now fired by drone -- Bureau Of Investigative Journalism
Tiny, Suicidal Drone/Missile Mashup Is Part of U.S.’ Afghanistan Arsenal -- Danger Room
National Security Advisor Explains Asia-Pacific Pivot -- US Department of Defense
Cyber threats against U.S. "ramping up," Obama says -- CNN
Spy chief: Americans 'not wittingly' monitored -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Navy's limited tac-air roadmap -- Eric Palmer Blog
Dempsey: Sequestration Will Affect Programs, Readiness -- US Department of Defense
Training For Some Air Force Pilots To Stop Mid-April -- Defense news
Will sports miss military flyovers? -- Baltimore Sun
Air Force joins Army, Marines in cutting tuition assistance -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. Senate committee to review military justice system -- ABC News
Afghan witnesses visit base to prepare for Staff Sgt. Bales' court-martial -- McClatchy News
At What Cost a Carrier? -- Information Dissemination