Budget
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BudgetSenators Question Nixing Of NASA’s Satellite Servicing Mission
Three members of the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) have expressed skepticism over NASA’s decision to scrap its Restore-L satellite-servicing mission. Restore-L was slated to launch in 2020 to refuel the […]
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CongressSASC NDAA Markup Increases Defense Base Budget By $29 Billion
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018 Wednesday night, authorizing $29 billion above the Trump administration’s base […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Propose $28.6 Billion ‘Defense Restoration Fund’
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) is proposing to set up a $28.6 billion “national defense restoration fund” in fiscal year 2018 that the Pentagon could tap for equipment upgrades, technology […]
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BudgetLawmaker Says Defense Funding Boost In Doubt Due To Budget Cap Deadlock
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee threw cold water on the panel’s plan to boost defense spending by tens of billions of dollars, saying the increase will […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Eye Adding Billions To DoD Budget Request
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) announced late June 25 that its fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations bill would give the Department of Defense $584.2 billion in discretionary funding, $68.1 billion […]
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BudgetHASC Probing Plethora Of DoD IT Systems
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is scrutinizing whether the Department of Defense could achieve efficiencies by reducing the number of information technology systems it uses to write contracts and […]
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BudgetHASC Chairman Seeking Extra $37 Billion For Defense
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said late June 22 that he is aiming to add $37 billion to the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2018 defense budget […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Approves Missile Defense Changes
The leaders of a House of Representative subcommittee made several changes to missile defense authorizations in the markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Calls For Five Additional Ships Over Request And Assorted Ship Authorizations
A House subcommittee is pushing the Navy to procure five ships over the fiscal year 2018 budget request as part of an effort to push the fleet towards 355 ships. […]
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BudgetHouse Strategic Forces Panel Directs Development Of INF-Range Cruise Missile
The House Armed Services (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee is calling for the Defense Department to develop a ground-launched cruise missile within the range covered by Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, while conditioning […]