Julie Samuel
Articles By Julie
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Air ForceHAC-D Cuts Weapons Funding, Ignores Sequestration
Defense budget-setters in the House want to cut $1.85 billion from the Pentagon’s budget request for developing and buying weapon systems. The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) released on Tuesday […]
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BudgetMixed Support For Anti-MEADS Push In HASC
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Democrats were not united on Monday behind a potential push to block the Pentagon from continuing a troubled tri-nation missile defense program. Rep. Jim Cooper […]
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CongressNATO Pledges To Improve Defense Capabilities
President Barack Obama said on May 31 he has made “real progress” in talks with NATO about compelling the 28-nation alliance to invest more in military capabilities. Obama told reporters […]
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BudgetDoD Still Working On Strategy Review
Pentagon leaders still are working on a wide-reaching analysis, which initially was due May 31, of how the defense budget would be impacted by sequestration cuts. Yesterday’s announcement from the Pentagon that […]
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CongressAmos: USMC Could Start ACV Planning This Fall
The Marine Corps expects to kickstart stalled plans this fall to begin developing an amphibious vehicle to replace the troubled and now-defunct Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) effort, the service’s top […]
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Business/FinancialDoD: Weapons Edge Not Weakened By Massive Cyber Attacks
The Pentagon said Tuesday the United States has not lost it “technological edge” with its weapons platforms, despite a new report about widespread cyber spying on their designs, allegedly by […]
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Air ForceDoD Reports Dip In F-35 Cost
The Pentagon said costs dropped on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program by $4.5 billion over a year, the first time a reduction was noted in the multi-service, multi-nation aircraft […]
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Air Force
House Panel Wary Of Army Vehicle Plans
A House panel wants to block the Army from advancing the development of the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) until the service provides detailed justification for choosing just one contractor. The […]
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Congress
House GOP Seeks DHS Cuts
House appropriators want to cut Coast Guard funding below current levels and give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) less science and technology funding than it requested. The House Appropriations […]
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Budget
DoD Furlough Announcement Spurs Calls For Hill Fix
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that most of its civilian employees will be forced to take 11 furlough days starting in July, spurring angry calls from Republicans for Congress to intervene. […]