Budget
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BudgetHASC Subcommittee to Beef Up RD-180 Replacement Effort
The House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee will recommend additional funding in the defense authorization bill for a replacement to Russia’s RD-180 rocket engine, a staffer said April 22 […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Proposes Faster Cruiser Modernization, LXR Procurement
Accelerating cruiser modernization and the procurement of the Navy’s new amphibious ship are two of the priorities listed in the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s defense […]
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ArmyHouse Armed Services Committee to Request Additional Funds for F-35, F-18s
Faster modernization of the Army National Guard’s aging UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter fleet and reports investigating the F-35’s engine and logistics system are among the proposed additions to the defense […]
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BudgetProposed NDAA Would Eliminate Manpower Cost Estimate Requirement
The House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on readiness has proposed eliminating a statute that Defense Department officials have said bogs down the acquisition process. The committee’s National Defense Authorization Act […]
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BudgetHASC Subcommittee Calls for Pentagon to Assess Weapons’ Cyber Vulnerabilities
The House Armed Service Committee kicked off the National Defense Authorization Act markup process on April 21, with the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities the first to issue its […]
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BudgetGAO Finds PortfolioStat IT Cost Savings Fall Short By 68 Percent
The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) PortfolioStat program, meant to lower federal IT costs, fell short on expected savings by 68 percent, according to a new report from the […]
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BudgetMcCaul Cyber Bill Gains Carper’s Support; Financial Sector Supports Cyber Sharing Legislation
The House Committee on Homeland Security’s unanimous passage of the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement (NCPA) Act, H.R. 1731, (Defense Daily, April 14) gained the support of Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), […]
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BudgetHouse Homeland Security Committee Passes New Cyber Bill
The House Committee on Homeland Security passed a cyber security information sharing bill out of Committee on Tuesday, one day after the Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Rep. John Ratcliffe […]
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ArmyWomack, Odierno, Agree To Disagree On Army Aviation Restructure of Apache
The Army’s Aviation Aviation Restructure Initiative (ARI) continues to be a bone of contention as far as moving National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopters to the active component, an issue pursued […]
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BudgetAcquisition System ‘A National Security Crisis’ Not Just A ‘Budgetary Scandal,’ McCain Says
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has made rectifying the failed acquisition system and the erosion of defense technological edge as top priorities for action in his role as chairman of the […]