If the Marines were called today to respond to an unexpected crisis, they might not be ready, a top Marine general told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. – Stars and Stripes
The Army is too small and could be outgunned in future conflicts, service officials said March 15. – National Defense
House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry said Tuesday he would vote for the House Budget Committee spending blueprint unveiled Tuesday even though it gambles on the next administration boosting defense via emergency funding. – Defense News
House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry unveiled draft legislation on Tuesday aimed at speeding weapons development and streamlining the Pentagon acquisitions bureaucracy. – Defense News
The acting Army acquisition chief is looking at how to reset and rebuild acquisition using a smaller work force with more to do. – Defense News
Pentagon officials said Tuesday that the sweeping changes proposed under the "Force of the Future" military personnel reforms would go forward and even be expanded despite the surprise resignation of the plan's "architect." – Military.com
Can China’s and Russia’s new fifth-generation warplanes and surface-to-air missiles threaten the American military’s dominance of the skies? Not yet, says one man whose job it is to make sure that remains the case for decades to come. – Defense One
The US Army is honing in on ways to increase armor capability and capacity as deployments for armored brigade combat teams are expected to increase, according to the director of the Army’s Capability Integration Center. – Defense News
Anticipated savings within the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program could allow the US Army to field its Humvee replacement earlier and quicker, the Army’s program executive officer for combat support and combat service support said. – Defense News
As the Pentagon telegraphs a new sense of urgency to fielding hypersonic weapons, top Lockheed Martin officials are touting recent breakthroughs in leveraging extreme speed to counter emerging threats. – Defense News
Just how the most comprehensive reform law covering the federal government’s largest department needs to be overhauled should start with eliminating the unintended duplication that the Goldwater-Nichols Act created 30 years ago. But where other changes should be made is subject to sharp debate on Capitol Hill, inside the Pentagon and at think-tanks all over Washington. – USNI News
John Hamre writes: Putting the chairman in the chain of command and creating an American version of a general staff would have astounding political implications, and none of them are good. – Defense One