Budget
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Navy/USMCHouse Appropriators Match Authorizers To Fund Three LCS
The House Appropriations Committee’s draft FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill funds 12 Navy ships at $22.7 billion, including three Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs). This is nearly a billion dollars more […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Bill Boosts F-35 Buy, Backs New JSTARS
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) unveiled a $675 billion fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill June 6 that would buy 93 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 16 more than the Trump […]
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CongressSenate Cancels Traditional August Recess To Ease Work Backlog
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced June 5 that his chamber will skip the traditional August congressional recess to work through a pile of appropriations bills and presidential nominations. “I […]
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Air ForceAir Force Nixes Controversial Contract To Replace Air Force One Refrigerators
The U.S. Air Force, which faced congressional skepticism over a $24-million sole-source contract to replace the refrigerators on the Air Force One presidential jets, has decided to scrap the deal. […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Award Contract For New A-10 Wings Next Spring
The U.S. Air Force, which recently launched a competition to replace the wings on some of its aging A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air-support aircraft, plans to pick a winning bidder and […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s New F-15 Self-Defense System Nears Flight Tests
The Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is intended to improve the ability of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets to detect and counter air and ground threats, is […]
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BudgetSenate’s 2019 Defense Bill Fully Funds Pentagon Rotorcraft Request
If not showered in funding, military rotorcraft procurement at least is funded at levels requested by the Defense Department in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the fiscal […]
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BudgetSenate Panel Trims F-35 Buy Due To Sustainment Concerns
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has approved a fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill that would trim purchases of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Air Force KC-46A tankers, citing problems […]
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Homeland SecurityHouse Approves Coast Guard Authorization As Part Of Defense Bill
Legislation to authorize the Coast Guard that passed the House last year as part a larger bill to reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security was approved by the chamber again […]
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Air ForceOMB Blasts House Proposal To Replace Air Force’s JSTARS Planes With New Aircraft
The Trump administration “objects” to a provision in the House version of the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill that would require the Air Force to replace its aging E-8C […]