Budget
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Navy/USMCAuthorizers Support New LSM Plan, Impose Vessel Construction Manager Strategy
The newly released House and Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY 2026 defense authorization bills both support the Navy’s latest strategy to move forward with a non-developmental design for the Medium […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Seeks Sources For Interim Long-Range C2 Plane That Also Serves DHS Chief
The Coast Guard last Thursday issued a source sought notice to help it survey the market for a potential lease of a Gulfstream jet that could be used as one […]
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BudgetSASC Wants The Joint Back In Joint C-sUAS Office With Transfer To OSD
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is recommending that leadership of a Defense Department office charged with assessing counter-drone technologies and developing related requirements and training be transferred from the […]
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CongressCENTCOM Chief Wants $150 Million To Acquire Technology To Test And Evaluate
Absent its own acquisition or technology budget, U.S. Central Command has a need for $150 million in fiscal year 2026 to purchase new and emerging systems and technologies to test […]
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WeaponsSixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List
The top items on the Navy’s FY 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL) are focused on munitions buys and funding the sixth-generation fighter program. As the top priority at $841 million, […]
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CongressUnmanned Systems Top Indo-Pacific Command’s $11.9 Billion Unfunded Priorities List
The top unfunded priorities of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) in the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget request are all-domain unmanned systems, coming in at more than $4.4 billion. The […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Ford-Class Carrier Running Another 20 Months Late, Third Adds 10 More Months In Budget Books
The Navy’s fiscal year 2025 budget request shipbuilding budget documents revealed the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers will be another 20 and 10 months late, respectively. The future USS John […]
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SpaceDoD OIG to Assess Effectiveness of U.S. Space Force Oversight of GPS OCX
The Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) is to assess the effectiveness of U.S. Space Force oversight of the Global Positioning Satellites Next-Generation Operation Control System (GPS OCX) by RTX‘s […]
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BudgetF/A-XX and Frigate Future Not Yet Decided In Navy’s FY 2026 Budget Request
The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget request has limited spending on the Navy’s next-generation fighter program, F/A-XX, to the minimal needed to finish the design while allocating no funds […]
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ArmyArmy’s ‘Invest To Divest’ Strategy For Transformation Plan Includes $4.9 Billion In FY ‘26 Cuts
The Army is looking to divest $4.9 billion of older and “ineffective” equipment in fiscal year 2026, according to new budget documents, as well as spending $8.9 billion on efforts […]