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Panetta To Hill: Clock Is Ticking
Emelie Rutherford

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta laid out a hefty agenda he wants Congress to tackle after the presidential election, including the “sequestration” budget cuts that have been stirring controversy on the campaign trail this week.
Panetta, at what was likely his last press briefing before the Nov. 6 election, offered…Read more…

Ballistic Missile Defense System Successfully Engages Five Targets Simultaneously
Ann Roosevelt

In the largest missile defense flight test ever, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) with members of all the services successfully conducted the largest, most complex missile defense flight test ever attempted, resulting in the simultaneous engagement of five ballistic missile and cruise missile targets.
The test, known…Read more...

Path For Directed Energy Tricky, Stackley Says
Mike McCarthy

Fielding directed energy weapons in the future remains a challenge for the Navy as it continues to develop a “roadmap” for bringing the technology to the warfighter and examining how it would operate on ships, the service’s acquisition chief said yesterday.
Sean Stackley, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, told a gathering that a directed energy steering group established last December is… Read more…

Army Eyes Equipment Needs For Asia-Pacific
Emelie Rutherford

The Army will rely heavily on equipment that aids it with air and missile defense and cybersecurity as the U.S. military enhances its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, service officials said yesterday.
Army acquisition chief Heidi Shyu said… Read more…