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Budget

Aerojet Rocketdyne Executive Optimistic About Persevering Through Sequestration

Friday, August 9th, 2013

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A key Aerojet Rocketdyne executive is optimistic about his business unit and company not only maintaining through sequestration-related federal budget cuts, but even growing. “We see growth in all areas of the company right now,” Aerojet Rocketdyne Vice President of Missile Defense and Strategic Systems Michael Bright told Defense Daily yesterday. Aerojet Rocketdyne is a division of GenCorp [GY]. “Primarily, it’s back orders that are growing and that’s kind of where we are.” Aerojet Rocketdyne Vice President of Missile Defense…

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

Congress

‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]