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Space

Air Force ‘Working On’ Competing Eighth EELV Mission, James Says

Pat Host

Monday, April 14th, 2014

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Air Force ‘Working On’ Competing Eighth EELV Mission, James Says

Defense Secretary Deborah James said Thursday she’s “kind of working” on getting an eighth Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) mission competed between fiscal years 2015 and 2017, one more than the service previously planned. The Air Force recently decided to both postpone and reduce the number of “lighter” EELV launches it planned on competing from FY ’15 to ’17 from 14 to seven. The Air Force, citing the health of its Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation, is pushing five…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]