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Army

Army FCS Program Unlikely To Be Executed As Planned, GAO Says

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Friday, March 27th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt It is "unlikely the remainder" of the Army's top modernization program, the $160 billion Future Combat Systems (FCS), in the sixth year of a 10-year program can be executed as planned, a top Government Accountability Office (GAO) official told a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel yesterday. "We're not here throwing rocks," panel Chairman Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) said at the sparsely attended hearing. "We're not here to beat anybody up...that's not the issue here, these are life…

Congress

House Republicans Block Measure To Impeach Hegseth

House Republicans on Tuesday evening voted to block an attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In a 211-204 vote, the House moved to refer Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) articles […]

Congress

Top House Defense Appropriator Calvert Officially Wins Reelection Bid

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), House Republicans’ top defense appropriator, has officially won his reelection bid. Calvert was running for a redistricted seat against fellow House Republican Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), […]

Congress

No Path To Defense Reconciliation, Including GOP’s $350 Billion, Coons Says

Top Senate Democrats threw cold water on any GOP plans for a $350 billion fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill, or any defense reconciliation bill, before a new Congress is sworn in […]

Congress

Industry Groups ‘Urge’ Congress To Block Stock Buyback Restriction From Final FY ‘27 NDAA

More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]