Budget
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BudgetMDA Seeks $23 Million in FY ’17 to Develop Airborne Laser That Can Defeat Missiles
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to test an airborne laser in 2021 to determine the feasibility of destroying enemy missiles in the boost phase of flight, the agency’s head […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Decide on $575 Billion Defense Spending Level In FY ’17
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday set an overall defense funding level for fiscal year 2017 that provides a small increase over the levels set by last year’s budget agreement. […]
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BudgetNavy Acquisition Chief Designates FY ’19 as the Sweet Spot For LX(R) Contract Award
If given additional funding, the Navy could speed up its construction plan for its newest amphibious vessel and award a contract in 2019, but moving any quicker than that could […]
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BudgetSenator Calls for ‘Billions’ of Dollars, More Arms Sales to Help Middle East Fight Islamic State
One Senate Armed Services Committee member wants “multiple billions” of dollars in emergency funding that would provide Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon additional weapons and equipment to help those nations cope with the Islamic […]
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BudgetNavy to Use Unmanned Boat, Knifefish UUV to Replace Troubled LCS Minehunting System
The Navy will pursue an incremental strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) mine countermeasures mission package that will involve transitioning from the Remote Minehunting System to an unmanned surface […]
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BudgetDHS S&T Supporting Efforts To Exploit Social Media For Immigration Vetting
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology (S&T) branch is supporting an effort begun last December to better leverage social media to vet immigrants for potential ties to terrorism in […]
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BudgetSenate’s Goldwater-Nichols Reforms to Be ‘More Controversial’ Than DoD Proposal, McCain Says
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is broadly supportive of the changes to the Pentagon’s organizational structure proposed Monday by Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, but expect the […]
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BudgetFormer Hill Staffers Predict Turmoil in FY ’17 Budget Cycle
Despite a Bipartisan Budget Agreement that was supposed to smooth the appropriations process this year, former Hill staffers on Thursday said the path to the fiscal 2017 budget will be […]
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BudgetGD Electric Boat Chosen To Take Lead Role for Ohio Replacement Sub
The Navy has named General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat the prime contractor for the Ohio replacement submarine, while Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding will take a secondary role […]
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BudgetPentagon May Need Change in Law to Give Additional Decision Making Authorities to Temporary IT Employees
Last year’s defense authorization bill contained new authorities that allowed the Defense Department to hire information technology talent for a short term basis, but lawmakers may need to expand that […]