Budget
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BudgetAcquisition Report Finds Defense Contracting Growth Rebounding After Sequestration
A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) found an increase in defense contracting following years of a defense drawdown and sequestration limitations. The report, “Defense […]
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SpaceAir Force Planning to Stand Up Space Force by 2024, Pending Lawmakers’ Approval
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Should Congress approve the creation of a new Space Force under the Air Force, the service plans to begin standing up the new branch within 90 […]
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Air ForceLawmakers Continue to Press Air Force on F-15EX Buy
Lawmakers in both chambers continued to press Air Force leadership this week on the service’s decision to include eight F-15EX aircraft in its fiscal year 2020 proposed budget. Multiple members […]
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BudgetHASC Chair Reintroduces Bill to End Sequestration
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) has reintroduced the Relief from Sequestration Act to repeal automatic cuts for discretionary and mandatory spending, he said in an April […]
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Air ForceAir Force to SASC: Possible Sequestration Would Cut $29 Billion from FY ’20 Budget
As lawmakers on the Hill sound alarms about the possibility of entering fiscal year 2020 with a continuing resolution – or worse, sequestration – Air Force leadership said April 4 […]
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BudgetKaptur Goes After NNSA Weapons Programs in 2020 Budget Hearing
The head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) moved to protect weapons life-extension programs and plutonium infrastructure from the budget ax wielded here Tuesday by the House’s top […]
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BudgetHouse Dems Unveil Two-Year Spending Deal With $733 Billion Topline, Higher Caps for DoD
The Democratic-led House Budget Committee released April 2 a new bill that would lift the spending caps for both defense and non-defense funding for the next two fiscal years. The […]
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BudgetNNSA Again Seeks Substantial Increase for W80 Refurb
Proportionally or by raw dollars, the W80-4 life-extension program would get the biggest increase of any active Department of Energy warhead refurbishment in 2020, if the Trump administration’s budget request […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Officials Defend Cutting Truman To Congress
Navy officials told the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee on Tuesday that looking at the future forces led to “tough choices” like cutting the refueling of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). […]
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Air ForceDoD Official: F-15EX Buy About Capacity Building, Supporting Defense Industrial Base
The decision for the Air Force to procure a new version of Boeing’s [BA] fourth-generation F-15E Strike Eagle in the fiscal year 2020 budget came down to two criteria: meeting […]
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