Budget
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BudgetSenate Authorizers Push For Interim GBI
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft of the FY ’21 defense authorization bill pushes the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop and produce an interim Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) by 2026. […]
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BudgetSASC Wants SDA Transferred to the Space Force by 2023, Adds R&D Funds for Future Launches
The Space Development Agency (SDA), established in 2019, must be transferred from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to the U.S. Space Force by the start of fiscal year […]
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BudgetHouse Panels Presses DoD On Missile Defense Funding Changes
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee FY ’21 defense authorization bill mark presses the Defense Department on why it made changes to Missile Defense Agency (MDA) programs and technologies […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Seapower Would Restrict OSD Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Is Submitted
The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee’s mark of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill recommends restricting the Secretary of Defense’s budget until long-delayed Navy reports are submitted […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Authorizers Look To Slow LUSVs And Retiring Ships
The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee’s mark of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill would limit the Navy’s speed in producing unmanned vessels and limit retiring vessels […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Seeks More Answers on F-35 Program in FY ’21 NDAA Mark
The House Armed Services Committee is demanding more answers and increased certification from the Pentagon on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in its version of the fiscal year 2021 defense […]
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Air ForceHASC FY ’21 Tacair Mark Scrutinizes Air Force Proposed ISR Aircraft Retirements, Demands Answers on ABMS
The House Armed Services Committee’s tactical air and land subcommittee wants answers on the Air Force’s plans to retire a number of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms in the […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Allows Air Force Bomber Retirement Requests, Fences Proposed Tanker Retirements
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) agrees with the Air Force’s request to retire a number of aging bomber aircraft in the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, but will […]
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Air Force
Space Policy Official Hopeful Final Acquisition Alternatives Report Will Soon Be Sent to Congress
Congressional committees have long been waiting for a finalized version of a report on space acquisition alternatives to be submitted by the Department of the Air Force, and a senior […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriator Lee Introduces Bill to Cut Pentagon Funding By $350 Billion
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and co-chair of the Policy and Steering Committee, introduced a bill June 15 that would cut the “bloated” annual […]