Budget
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BudgetHASC, Navy Spar on Aircraft Carriers; CNO Asks for Seed Money to Transition LPD Into LX(R)
Several lawmakers slammed the Navy for its plans for the aircraft carrier fleet in the fiscal year 2015 budget request, and the Chief of Naval Operations asked for unrequested “seed […]
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BudgetSenate Appropriators Hope to Boost Funding for Research and Development in FY ’15
The Senate Appropriations Committee will examine federal investments in research and development, in light of the president’s budget request that did not boost scientific spending to match the rate of […]
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BudgetDoD Would Trim ‘Minor Procurement’ to Pay for 11th Carrier, Higher Troop Levels with Extra $115 Billion
If Congress indicated it was willing to spend an additional $115 billion to maintain higher troop levels for the Army and Marine Corps and an 11th aircraft carrier in the […]
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BudgetDoD Rejects Congressional Claims QDR Ignores Legal Requirements
A Defense Department official rejected the notion that the Quadrennial Defense Review did not meet its mandatory requirements and therefore should be rewritten, as House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck […]
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BudgetCongress May Force DoD to Rewrite, Resubmit QDR
Even before the Defense Department released its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), lawmakers had already threatened to reject it–and they followed through on their threats as soon as the report was […]
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BudgetLine-Item List for $26 Billion Fund To Be Released Next Week; OCO Budget Details Still Unknown
As congressional committees continue to dissect the defense budget request for the next two months, a few key pieces of information are still being compiled: chiefly, the Overseas Contingency Operations […]
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Budget
HASC Suggests ‘Politically Unpopular’ Cuts Won’t Stick; Dempsey Outlines How Else To Cut $1 Billion
For the second day in a row, the defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff brought their 2015 budget request to Capitol Hill, only to have lawmakers […]
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BudgetAir Force Threatens Future Cuts To GPS III Program If Sequestration Not Lifted
The Air Force threatened to slash future funding for the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III program if Congress didn’t lift sequestrated-related spending caps for fiscal year 2016 and beyond. […]
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BudgetMulti-Scenario DoD Budget Perplexes, Concerns SASC
One day after the Pentagon released its budget request for fiscal year 2015, a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing highlighted the difficulties of long-term planning in an uncertain fiscal environment: […]
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BudgetAircraft Take Biggest Hit In Navy Procurement Cuts
The Navy’s budget proposal for fiscal 2015 calls for spending $30.7 billion for ships, aircraft and weapons, about $4 billion less than the 2014 request with the largest reduction hitting […]