Budget
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BudgetKendall: FY ’15 Budget Request Aims to Protect Defense Industrial Base
Defense Department officials are writing a budget request for fiscal year 2015 that seeks to protect critical components of the industrial base, after the FY ’13 sequestration cuts decimated all […]
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BudgetAppropriators Fund Border Security Surveillance Program
Congressional appropriators agreed to fully fund the Obama administration’s $351.5 million request for border security technology and infrastructure, including $77.4 million for a fixed surveillance tower program that is in […]
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BudgetSECNAV Views Omnibus Bill As Sign Of Stability
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Tuesday the massive spending bill unveiled by lawmakers this week that will fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year could be a […]
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Air ForceCompromise Spending Bill Cuts GCV, Aircraft; Preserves Navy Shipbuilding
The detailed spending bill Congress released Monday night generally preserves military procurement in fiscal year 2014, adding billions of dollars to Navy shipbuilding but slightly reducing the Joint Strike Fighter […]
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BudgetOmnibus Bill Boosts Coast Guard Acquistion Funding
The FY ’14 Omnibus Appropriations bill agreed to by House and Senate negotiators Monday evening provides a handsome boost to the Coast Guard’s acquisition budget, allowing the service to just […]
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BudgetNational Guard Sees Sequester Relief as Extra Time to Determine Active/Guard Balance
Congress gave the military a two-year period of partial relief from sequestration cuts, and the National Guard Bureau is using that as a chance to continue negotiating with the Army […]
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BudgetAyotte Pitches Plan to Restore Military Retirees’ Pensions Without Cutting From Defense
Senate Armed Services Committee member Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) pitched a plan Wednesday to overturn cuts to military retirees’ pensions without dipping into any other accounts in the defense budget. Ayotte […]
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BudgetDefense Section of Spending Compromise Done, Awaiting Agreement on Full Bill
The defense portion of the fiscal year 2014 spending bill is complete, along with six or seven other of the bill’s 12 sections, while the remaining sections are still under […]
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Air ForceNDAA Requires Air Force Plan To Implement New EELV Acquisition Strategy
Language requiring the Air Force secretary to develop a plan to implement a new acquisition strategy for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program made it into the fiscal year […]
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Budget
Senators Lament Handling of NDAA But Won’t Seek Procedural Changes Next Year
The Defense Department finally has its authorization bill for fiscal year 2014, even if it came about in an unusual fashion: the House of Representatives had to pass two distinct […]