Budget
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BudgetBorder Patrol Prioritizing New AI-Based Sensor Towers, CBP Chief Says
The government’s funding request in fiscal year 2021 for border security technology favors new artificial intelligence (AI)-based tower systems that can autonomously detect illegal border crossing activity, the head of […]
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BudgetArmed Services Chair Says DoE Has Cash Pile, Questions Planned Raid on Pentagon Progs for Nuke Mods
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday began to ink the contours of the 2021 nuclear-weapons budget fight to come, when the committee chair wondered in a hearing why the […]
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BudgetHASC Members Slam DoD Leaders for ‘Anemic’ Shipbuilding Plan in FY ‘21
The top defense civilian and military officials received a stern rebuke from members of the House Armed Services Committee during a Feb. 26 hearing for submitting a new budget request […]
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BudgetPalazzo Laments Lack Of Funding For 12th National Security Cutter In Coast Guard Budget
The Coast Guard needs more funding to protect the homeland, particularly in intercepting drug smugglers at sea, Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) said on Tuesday, and he expressed his disappointment that […]
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BudgetBipartisan Group of Lawmakers Criticize DoD Procurement Reprogramming to Trump’s Border Wall
Lawmakers across Capitol Hill are fighting against the Trump administration’s shift of nearly $4 billion in procurement funding to fund new border wall construction, with multiple defense-oriented Republican members citing […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyTRANSCOM Leader Urges Congress to Fund Aging Air Force Tankers ID’ed for Retirement in 2021
U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) is asking lawmakers to buy back the majority of aging aerial refuelers that had been tagged for rapid retirement in the fiscal year 2021 budget request, […]
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BudgetProposed Cut To CISA’s Cyber Budget Due In Part To 2021 Being Election Off-Year, Wolf Says
A proposed $250 million reduction for cyber security efforts in the fiscal year 2021 budget request for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is in part due to the […]
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BudgetEUCOM Requests Two More Destroyers, Commander Says Rota is Ready to Receive
The head of U.S. European Command (EUCOM) said his area of responsibility is ready to receive two additional guided missile destroyers to further deter Russian aggression, should Congress approve the […]
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BudgetCBP To Significantly Expand Cargo, Vehicle Screening On Southwest Border, DHS Chief Says
By 2023 the U.S. government will significantly expand the percentages of commercial and passenger vehicles entering the U.S. through land parts of entry on the southwest border as the Department […]
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ArmyArmy’s $7 Billion Unfunded Priorities List Includes $985 Million For Modernization
The Army has provided Congress with its list of $7 billion in unfunded priorities for fiscal year 2021, including $985 million in modernization efforts. The $7 billion in programs the […]