Budget
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BudgetHASC Discussing NDAA Language to Fund Ohio-Replacement Subs in Strategic Forces Fund
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md – As the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee begins to look at its markup of the Navy’s shipbuilding budget request, some members are discussing […]
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ArmyHouse Members Push DoD Acquisition Chief For Split AMPV Buy
A day before a decision was due on a protest of the requirements for the Army’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), 10 lawmakers sent the Pentagon’s chief buyer a letter strongly […]
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Air ForceDoD’s $36 Billion Unfunded Priorities List Heavy on Aircraft Procurement, Boosting Readiness
The Defense Department submitted unfunded priorities lists from the services and combatant commanders that total about $36.3 billion to help mitigate the effects of across-the-board cuts and then spending caps […]
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ArmyArmy Already ‘Hollow’ In Some Respects, Odierno Tells SASC
Risk, readiness and a hollow force topped concerns on Thursday for the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on the 2015 Army budget request and what senators heard from the […]
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BudgetHouse Republicans Would Keep Partial Sequester Relief in ’15, Undo All Cuts in Outyears
House Republicans released a budget plan for fiscal year 2015 and beyond that keeps defense spending with partial sequester in ’15 but eliminates it completely in FY ’16 and beyond–at […]
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BudgetHow to Keep an Aircraft Carrier: The Navy’s $7 Billion Problem
Congress wants the Navy to keep 11 aircraft carriers in its fleet. The Navy wants to keep 11. Law dictates that the Navy keep 11. And yet, the Navy’s budget […]
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BudgetSenators Indicate They May be Able to Continue Sequester Relief in FY ’16 and Beyond
The Senate Armed Services Committee gave top Navy and Marine Corps leadership a mixed bag of opinions on the chances of lawmakers passing any sort of sequestration relief for fiscal […]
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ArmyPredictability, Advanced Tech, Top Missile Defense Support Needs, Leaders Tell House Panel
Military leaders of missile defense efforts told the House Armed Services strategic forces panel March 25 they could use committee support in the areas of more predictable funding and in […]
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BudgetGreenert Defends LCS After House Panel Slams It; Says Ship Meets Vulnerability, Recoverability Needs
The Navy defended its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as being sufficiently survivable–and easily upgunned where needed–after taking heat from House appropriators Tuesday on the LCS program and the Navy’s plans […]
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BudgetAmos: ACV Increment 1 to Cost $3 Million-$4.5 Million Per Vehicle; USMC Will Buy About 300
The Marine Corps will spend $3 million-$4.5 million per vehicle for its Increment 1 Amphibious Combat Vehicle, which will have low water speed but will be very maneuverable on land, […]