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Administration Announces Actions To Scale Renewable Energy And Storage For Military Facilities

Friday, June 17th, 2016

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Administration Announces Actions To Scale Renewable Energy And Storage For Military Facilities

The White House on Thursday announced new executive actions, including those at military facilities, to accelerate integration of renewable energy and storage into the electric grid.The Navy and Air Force in particular announced three specific new projects and activities each as part of this administration effort, the White House said in a fact sheet.The Navy will begin a new 50-11 MW grid-scale battery project to be developed by a third-party developer at the Naval Weapons Seal Beach, Calif.; a new…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]