Budget
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BudgetFox: FY ’15 Budget Assumes New Navy Efficiencies Will Produce Expected Savings
The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget submission includes many assumptions that, if wrong, could force the services to make additional cuts in manpower and platforms, the acting deputy secretary […]
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BudgetHASC Sea Power Chair Vows to Fight Navy’s Plan For Cruisers
The chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees seapower said Wednesday he’s opposed to the Navy’s initiative to temporarily sideline 11 Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers, questioning whether the service would be […]
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Air ForceHagel: FY ’15 Budget Plan Slashes Troop Size, Some Modernization to Protect Readiness
The Defense Department will release a $496 billion budget request next week that sacrifices troop strength to preserve readiness and cuts some modernization programs to protects other procurement and research […]
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Air ForceAnalyst: Acquisition Reform More Important as Program Cuts Expected to Continue Into FY ’15
Fiscal year 2015 might be a rough year for acquisition programs despite the Bipartisan Budget Agreement raising the Defense Department’s spending caps, making the joint Pentagon-Congress acquisition reform effort all […]
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BudgetRep. Forbes Asks Navy to Ensure UCLASS Is a ‘Warfighting’ Platform Worthy of Investment
As the Navy prepares to release its draft request for proposals for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) wrote to Navy Secretary Ray […]
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BudgetHASC Requests Unvetted Unfunded Requirements Lists By Budget Release Date
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is gearing up for the start of the fiscal year 2015 budgeting process even if members are not in Washington this week, with chairman […]
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BudgetFY ’15 Budget Likely To Set Policy on Nuclear Weapons, Active/Reserve Balance, Analyst Says
With the Pentagon set to unveil its fiscal year 2015 budget request on March 4–having the benefits of knowing its topline and being able to avoid across-the-board cuts–analysts are trying […]
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BudgetDoD Reviewing 10-Year Standards For Secret-Level Security Clearance
The Defense Department is reviewing the standard that allows 10 years between security clearance background investigations for employees with secret-level clearances. Under current law, a person holding a top secret […]
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BudgetMarines Hope Cutting Cost from Amphib Construction, Maintenance Could Help Buy More Ships
Despite the pledge of support from some lawmakers, the amphibious warfare community is trying to drive down the cost of building and maintaining its amphibious ship fleet in the hopes […]
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Budget
Congress Considers Repealing COLA Cuts Without Affecting Rest of DoD Budget
Congress began formal discussions about repealing the cuts to military retirees’ pensions that were passed in December as part of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement (BBA)–and, for now, repealing the Cost […]