Budget
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Approve Funding For 12 Growlers
House appropriators have added more than $1 billion to the defense budget for fiscal 2015 that would allow the Navy to purchase a dozen of Boeing’s [BA] EA-18G Growler electronic […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Agree to Cut A-10 Fleet; Bill Could Hit House Floor as Early as Next Week
The House Appropriations Committee marked up its defense bill with little debate on what programs to actually fund, but it set the stage for a faceoff over the A-10 close-air […]
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Air ForceHouse Appropriators Allocate $220 Million For Next-Gen Liquid Engine
The fiscal year 2015 defense spending bill passed Tuesday by the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) includes $220 million for a next-generation liquid rocket engine. Momentum has been building on Capitol […]
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ArmyFull Support, Plus Reports on AMPV Recommended In HAC Draft Report
The House Appropriations Committee recommends full funding–$92.3 million–for the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program in the draft version of the FY ’15 2015 House Defense Appropriations Bill. The congressional […]
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ArmyDraft HAC Report Would Add Funds To Support Army Testing of Degraded Visual Environment Equipment
The House Appropriations Committee recommends adding $20 million to Army accounts to help the land force solve the problems of helicopters coping with degraded visual environment such as heavy dust […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Want Support For Wallops Flight Facility
A Senate panel is concerned NASA is shorting Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) modernization in favor of investment at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Senate Appropriations Committee’s (SAC) commerce, justice, science […]
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Budget
Senate Appropriations Committee Passes CJS Portion Of FY ’15 Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) Thursday voted 30-0 to send its fiscal year 2015 bill for the commerce, justice, science and related agencies (CJS) subcommittee to the full Senate. The […]
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Air Force
SASC-Approved Bill Gets DoD Out of Russian Rocket Engine Business
The Senate Armed Services Committee- (SASC) approved fiscal year 2015 authorization bill text bars the defense secretary from entering into a new contract, or renewing a current contract, for space […]
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BudgetSASC Cuts Most Funding For Next-Gen JSTARS, Small Diameter Bomb; Trims Reaper Funding
The Senate Armed Services Committee slashed funding for the Air Force’s E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System follow-on program, opting instead to investigate cheaper options. It also took out […]
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BudgetSenate Subcommittee Approves Nearly $18 Billion For NASA
The Senate Appropriations commerce, justice, science and related agencies (CJS) subcommittee voted Tuesday to approve fiscal year 2015 funding that includes $17.9 billion for NASA, $439 million more than requested […]