Budget
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CongressNegotiations Ongoing For NDAA As Clock Ticks Toward 2020
Armed services committee leaders remain adamant that a deal could be reached for the fiscal year 2020 defense authorizing bill by early next week, but must still reach consensus on […]
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CongressSASC Member Urges DoD Leaders To Invest More In Logistics
The Defense Department should place a greater emphasis on funding and developing transportation and logistics capabilities to support its lethal assets in a future conflict, and explicitly prioritize it in […]
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Navy/USMCWhile Navy Looks At CR Anomalies, Marines Expect None
A top Navy official confirmed the service is examining anomaly requests for a possible longer-term continuing resolution (CR) while a Marine Corps official expected no anomalies for his service. Lt. […]
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ArmyOfficial: Six-Month CR Would Delay Army’s Long-Range Cannon Program, Postpone Key Test Range Demos
A six-month continuing resolution would cause significant delays for the Army’s plans to field the new Strategic Long Range Cannon, a lead program official told Defense Daily on Wednesday, and […]
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BudgetFuture of Space Development Agency Could Be in Jeopardy as Budget Talks Continue
Continuing resolutions and budget uncertainty are a perennial concern to the U.S. military, but the nascent Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future appears particularly tied to how quickly lawmakers can authorize […]
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BudgetArmed Services Leaders Express Renewed Confidence for NDAA Deal to Be Reached By Next Week
The chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees were emphatic that a deal on the conference fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) could be reached by […]
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BudgetBipartisan House Bill Wants CBP Plan To Screen All Vehicles Entering U.S. At Land Ports
A bill introduced in the House this week would direct Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to create a plan for electronically scanning 100 percent of all commercial and passenger vehicles […]
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BudgetPentagon Contract Financing Study Delayed as 2020 Budget Talks Stymied
A Defense Department study to determine an improved rule for contract financing is on hold until the fiscal year 2020 defense budget negotiations have been completed, a senior acquisition official […]
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Air ForceOngoing CR Into 2020 Could Affect Air Force’s Vanguard Programs
The Air Force plans to significantly ramp up research-and-development funding for three emerging technology programs in fiscal year 2020, and while the current continuing resolution has not impacted these programs […]
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ArmyArmy Details Potential $8.8. Billion Impact Under Extended Continuing Resolution
The Army has detailed the potential $8.8. billion impact of operating under an extended stopgap funding bill, including halting nearly $2 billion in spending across 79 new programs and delaying […]