Budget
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CongressBiden Sends Supplemental Request To Congress To Aid Ukraine
President Biden on Thursday sent Congress a supplemental budget request that would provide funding to continue arming Ukrainian forces and help replenish Defense Department weapons stocks. The supplemental is also […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Advance $831.8 Billion FY ‘24 Defense Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) on Thursday voted near unanimously to advance its $831.8 billion fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill. The bill factors in $8 billion for emergency spending […]
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Congress
Senate Appropriators’ Deal To Boost Spending Above Debt Limit Caps Includes $8 Billion More For Defense
The leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee have reached an agreement to add $13.7 billion in emergency funding for fiscal year 2024 above spending levels set by the debt ceiling […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans To Award New Version Of Low Band Next Gen Jammer EMD Contract In September
The Navy anticipates awarding a new version of the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract for the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band(NGJ-LB), according to a Defense Department reprogramming request for fiscal […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Move Around MQ-25 Funding Due To EMD Delays
The Navy requested Congress let it move hundreds of millions of dollars related to the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker aircraft funds for fiscal year 2023 due to delays in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Spending Will Top $75 Billion Per Year Over Next Decade, Mostly To Modernize Triad
Over the next decade, the U.S. will spend an estimated $756 billion on modernizing and maintaining its current and future nuclear forces, or about $75 billion per year, a new […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Authorizers Push For AUKUS Oversight While Foreign Relations Committee Looks To Authorize SSN Transfers
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill included several provisions to add oversight to the AUKUS agreement to help Australia gain nuclear-powered attack submarines. One […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Bill Would Limit Navy Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Accounts For 31 Amphibs
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill includes a provision that would restrict Navy funds until it submits a new shipbuilding plan accounting for […]
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CongressSpace Force Would Be Able To Levy Commercial Companies For Indirect Launch Costs In HASC Bill
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) authorization bill would give the U.S. Space Force new authority to charge commercial space companies for indirect costs related to launch activities on its […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Concerned With Limitations In CBP’s Passenger Vehicle Scanners
New non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is beginning to deploy at land ports of entry to scan passenger vehicles as they are entering the U.S. […]
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