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Air Force

Procurement, Modernization Will Cover Most Of Expected Defense Budget Shortfall In FY2017

Monday, February 1st, 2016

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Procurement, Modernization Will Cover Most Of Expected Defense Budget Shortfall In FY2017

Norway's first F-35A, called AM-1, is in production at the Lockheed Martin Fort Worth, Texas assembly plant. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The Pentagon after releasing its fiscal year 2017 budget on Feb. 9 will find itself needing to come up with $22 billion to cover the difference between its request and the projection laid out for 2017 in the current fiscal year’s budget.Early estimates put the fiscal 2017 request at around $524 billion, which is almost in line with the Budget Control Act (BCA) funding caps placed on the government by a deal that limited discretionary spending but saved the Defense…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]