Budget
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Air ForceAir Force Advanced Battle Management System FYDP Projection Jumps from Millions to Billions
Over the course of one year, the Air Force has planned to invest billions more in its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) effort in the next five years, compared to […]
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BudgetNavy Pushes Back Frigate Schedule To Avoid LCS Issues
The Navy’s FY 2021 budget request pushed back the new guided-missile frigate, FFG(X), schedule to avoid moving too fast as was the case for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), a […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Cancels Lockheed Martin-Led Hypersonic Weapon Program
The Air Force has called it quits on one of its main hypersonic weapon research-and-development programs to better concentrate investment on a second prototype program in light of constrained budgets […]
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BudgetNew DoE Secretary Backs Big Budget Increase for Civilian Nuclear Weapons Programs in 2021
The roughly $20 billion budget the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration requested on Monday is “the right number” to reverse a decade of “neglect” in the U.S. nuclear-weapons […]
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ArmyArmy Details $178 Billion FY ’21 Budget Request, Boosts Funds For Modernization Programs
The Army on Monday released its $178 billion budget request for fiscal year 2021, which includes finding another $13.5 billion to realign toward high priority programs and boosting development funds […]
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Air ForceAir Force FY ’21 Request Includes More F-35s, F-15X Fighters, Helicopters
The Air Force is planning to procure more fourth- and fifth-generation fighter jets, along with new combat rescue helicopters and nuclear site protection rotor platforms in its fiscal year 2021 […]
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BudgetTrump Administration Trims CISA’s Cyber Security Request
The Trump administration on Monday delivered a budget proposal to Congress that includes $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2021 in cyber security funds for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity […]
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BudgetNew Space Force Requests $15 Billion in FY ’21 in ‘Critical First Step’ to Combat Threats
The first U.S. Space Force budget request allocates two-thirds of its proposed funding to research-and-development efforts in recognition of Pentagon priorities to build resilient architectures and new capabilities to challenge […]
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BudgetCoast Guard Budget Seeks Funds For Second Icebreaker, Additional Offshore Patrol Cutters
The White House on Monday sent Congress a funding request that includes construction of a second new heavy polar icebreaker and two additional medium endurance cutters but would stretch out […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Budget Request Down $4 Billion For Eight Ships, Plans To Retire First Four LCSs
The Trump administration’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget request adds only eight battle force ships, two fewer than previously planned, while also planning to retire four Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs). […]
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