:

Army

Army Warns of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches Under Budget Cuts

Julie Samuel

Friday, March 9th, 2012

SHARE:

Army officials warned yesterday that progress the service made to improve its wayward acquisition programs could be hampered by potential “sequestration” budget cuts. Army Secretary John McHugh predicted if Congress does not prevent those spending reductions, of $500 billion over a decade, from starting next year the Army would have to “declare Nunn-McCurdy breaches on hundreds, if not thousands, of contracts.” Such breaches occur when weapon systems’ unit costs rise to a level requiring a reanalysis and recertification of the programs under…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]