DOD employees may see furloughs cut by 5 days
Through a process of cost-cutting in other areas, the Pentagon may shrink the length of furloughs for Defense Department civilian workers from 11 days to as few as six, officials say. To reduce the unpaid time off by that many days, the Pentagon will have to come up with $900 million in savings elsewhere. FoxNews.com/The Associated Press (7/29)

Defense

Senate defense bill to get review
A defense appropriations bill authored under Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is set for markup by the Senate, a process likely to be less divisive than that for the House version. The Senate's defense bill is expected to fund the Pentagon at $512.3 billion. The Hill/DEFCON Hill Blog (7/29)

Army's Odierno: Troop pay hike "a problem"
The 1.8% pay increase the House voted to give troops instead of the 1% recommended by the Pentagon will endanger training, weapons and other areas that need funding, warns Chief of the Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno. "We're trying to work with Congress on this, but if we continue to have higher-level pay raises it's going to become really a problem for us," Odierno says. Breaking Defense (7/29), Military Times (7/29)

Hagel to Egypt's military: Be "inclusive as possible," spokesman says
The Egyptian military leaders must find a way to smooth the government's transition, says Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and when assembling the government, the country should be "as inclusive as possible," said a Pentagon spokesman. Hagel spoke recently to Egyptian military chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, urging him to allow supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to share in power. The Hill/DEFCON Hill Blog (7/29)

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Commercial Aviation

Japan's ANA sticks with Dreamliners, buys 777s
Unrattled by a recent spate of problems with Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Japan's All Nippon Airways says it's sticking with the planes. ANA flies 20 of the planes and has 46 more ordered. The airline also announced it will purchase three Boeing 777s and a 767 freighter. Reuters (7/30)

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Space

NASA hunting for space mission technology ideas
NASA is soliciting innovative ideas from private industry to tackle some of the toughest challenges in space travel, such as protecting humans from radiation or creating solar cells that can power a craft deep into space. "As the NASA administrator, I'm looking at everything," says NASA's Charles Bolden. Space.com (7/29)

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