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Budget

Appropriators Reach Deal to Fund DoD at $554 Billion; Allows Higher Navy Spending Than NDAA

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

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Appropriators Reach Deal to Fund DoD at $554 Billion; Allows Higher Navy Spending Than NDAA

House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday evening on a $1.01-trillion spending bill that funds most of the government through the end of September and provides the Defense Department $490.2 billion in the base budget and $64 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations fund. Included in the spending bill is $93.8 billion for procurement, $63.7 billion for research and development and $161.7 billion for operations and maintenance in the base budget. In the Navy procurement budget, appropriators provided $848.5 million for…

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

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Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

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Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

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Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]