Budget
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Air ForceAFSOC Lines Up Partial Funding For Laser Gunship Demo
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is making progress in getting funding to demonstrate a laser gunship prototype but remains well short of what it needs, according to the […]
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BudgetSen. Shelby Takes Helm Of Appropriations Committee And Defense Subcommittee
Senate Republicans formally tapped Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) April 10 to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC). Shelby, whose appointment had been expected due to his seniority, announced later in […]
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BudgetHASC To Begin FY 2019 Markups In Late April
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) announced March 29 that it plans to begin considering the fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill in late April. All six of its subcommittees […]
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PentagonDoD Leaders Discuss How To Spend New Omnibus Funding
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he met with the service secretaries and other top Pentagon officials March 26 to discuss how the Department of Defense will properly manage the financial […]
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BudgetProjected NNSA Budgets Can Handle Low-Yield Warhead, DoE Officials Tell Congress
Energy Secretary Rick Perry and the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) both assured Congress last week that the two new low-yield warheads called for in the Trump […]
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BudgetTrump Signs Omnibus Spending Bill Despite Non-Defense Concerns
President Donald Trump signed the $1.3-trillion fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill into law March 23, saying the need for increased military funding outweighed his misgivings about several non-defense aspects […]
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BudgetMulti-Billion Dollar DoD Cloud Project, Army Tactical Network Fix Included In Omnibus Bill
Pentagon officials secured priorities in the latest omnibus spending bill, approved Thursday by the House, for new projects to build more resilient cyber networks needed to address known vulnerabilities. Department […]
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Budget
DoD Weapon Systems Get Big Funding Boost In Omnibus Bill
The newly completed fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 1625) contains $233.5 billion for the Department of Defense to develop and buy weapon systems, an increase of more than […]
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BudgetOmnibus Bill Funds Two More Coast Guard National Security Cutters
In a surprise, the congressional appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018 includes funding for two Coast Guard National Security Cutters (NSC), moving the program within one vessel of a one-for-one […]
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BudgetDoE, DoD Officials Won’t Talk Timeline on NNSA
In separate congressional hearings here Tuesday, senior Energy and Defense officials declined to pin down the date at which the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) might start modifying an existing […]