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Army

Army Budget Request To Terminate FMTV, EMARSS, Supports Future Force

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

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The president’s fiscal year 2013 budget--the first based on the new strategic guidance--requests $184.6 billion for the Army comprised of $134.6 billion in the base request and $50 billion for overseas contingency operations (OCO). The budget request follows the service’s first priority: train and equip soldiers for Afghanistan, Maj. Gen. Phillip Mcghee, Army budget director, said in a Pentagon budget briefing yesterday. The service budget request also supports efforts toward an adaptable and flexible, modernized force for 2020, with its…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

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 […]