Budget
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CongressAfter House OKs Debt Limit Bill, GOP Senators Push Supplementals To Increase Defense Spending
After the House passed a bill to lift the debt ceiling that also caps defense spending for the next two years, Republicans Senators on Thursday pushed for supplemental funding measures […]
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CongressDebt Limit Deal Sets FY ‘24 Defense Topline At $886 Billion, Gets Some GOP Pushback
The final debt limit deal negotiated between House Republican leaders and the White House that sets an $886 billion defense topline for fiscal year 2024 has received pushback from some […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Add $2 Billion For Border Wall; Fund Commercial Icebreaker
A House Appropriations panel on Thursday approved a $62.8 billion funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that provides $2.1 billion to restart the building of a security wall […]
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Air ForceFY ’23 Funding To Accelerate E-7 Program Won’t Change Schedule, Kendall Says
The schedule to field the first E-7A Wedgetail airborne warning command and control aircraft remains intact despite an additional $200 million that Congress appropriated in fiscal year 2023 to accelerate […]
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CongressSASC Chair Sees ‘Tremendous Controversy’ If Defense Boost Paired With Non-Defense Cuts
The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said Monday he sees “tremendous controversy” for Congress if lawmakers increase the defense topline while cutting non-defense spending in the upcoming […]
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ArmySecArmy Eyes $5.3 Billion Long-Term CR Impact, House GOP Debt Limit Bill Doesn’t Exempt Defense Cuts
A potential long-term continuing resolution (CR) would delay the Army from moving forward on $5.3 billion worth of procurement programs in its fiscal year 2024 budget request, the service’s secretary […]
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BudgetPentagon Wants Authority To Begin New Program Starts Without Funding; Kendall Wants Congress To Act
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Time is the enemy for contending with potential threats from China and Congress can help by giving the Defense Department new, limited acquisition authorities to move out quickly […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Latest Shipbuilding Plan Has Three Options Again, Only One Reaches 355 Ships
The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, released Tuesday, provided three options again, with two of them never reaching 355 ships and not procuring ships at the service’s preferred rate. This […]
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ArmyArmy’s Nearly $2 Billion FY ‘24 Unfunded List Includes IVAS, More Abrams Upgrades
The Army’s nearly $2 billion unfunded priorities list (UPL) for fiscal year 2024 includes over $500 million for Abrams tank procurement and $120 million for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System […]
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Homeland SecuritySen. Murkowski Concerned That Polar Security Cutter Program In Major ‘Trouble’
Talk in government about the Coast Guard’s new heavy polar icebreaker has turned silent and the fact that that the company contracted to build the polar security cutter (PSC) was […]