A $16.8 million contract awarded to Siemens Government Technologies will provide 4.4-megawatts of installed photovoltaic capacity at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., making it the largest renewable energy project in the Army, more than double the size of the current largest 2-megawatt array at Fort Carson, Colo. …
Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin said Thursday that the Pentagon’s priority should be culling its bases in Europe before it moves on to reducing its real estate in the United States. “I have been a strong supporter of BRACs in the past. But I’m not able to support BRAC domestically until we reduce bases in particular in Europe …
Pentagon officials Thursday outlined an array of changes to the military’s force structure, weapons systems and equipment, overhead, and personnel and retiree costs needed to slash hundreds of billions of dollars from the budget through 2021. The military will shrink in a number of ways under the fiscal 2013 budget request …
President Obama will request Congress authorize use of the BRAC process, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said during a Pentagon news briefing held Thursday to preview DOD’s fiscal 2013 budget request, confirming speculation that had been swirling around Washington for much of the past year. While some news reports have said DOD plans to request BRAC rounds in 2013 and 2015, Panetta did not say how many rounds the administration will request or what years it wants to select bases …
As part of an effort to ease soldiers’ transition to the civilian world, the Army now requires personnel to start the transition process one year before their separation date. An Army execution order signed late last year places the responsibility for the transition program on commanders, rather than staff …
The Pentagon is planning to request Congress authorize two new base closure rounds to help the department cut almost a half a trillion dollars in spending over the next decade, Air Force Times reported Wednesday. Officials would request one BRAC round in 2013 and the next in 2015, one source told the publication …
The former Oakland Army Base would be used to expand the Port of Oakland, a plan expected to bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of tax revenue to the city, after the Economic Development Committee of the City Council approved the plan Tuesday. The project would allow importers and exporters to load freight directly from ships onto trains, making the port more efficient …
Wichita Falls and three neighboring communities in north central Texas received the Altus Trophy earlier this month for providing “outstanding support” to Sheppard AFB. The trophy is awarded annually to a civilian community for partnering with an Air Education and Training Command base …
The Army plans to eliminate up to 13 brigade combat teams and 80,000 soldiers as the Pentagon attempts to trim spending by $487 billion over 10 years, officials said Wednesday. The Army’s plan calls for cutting at least eight of its 45 brigades …
President Obama on Tuesday nominated DOD officials to fill two vacancies in the department’s senior ranks. Frank Kendall III was nominated as the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, filling the vacancy created when Ashton Carter was sworn in as deputy defense secretary in October …