Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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Air ForceWeapons Programs Take a Hit After Lawmakers Reduce NDAA by $5 Billion
The Air Force’s new bomber, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and MQ-9 Reaper were among the weapons programs affected when lawmakers on Monday evening chopped $5 billion from the National Defense Authorization […]
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BudgetObama Signs Budget Deal Giving Pentagon Two Years of Stability
President Barack Obama on Monday signed the Bipartisan Budget Agreement into law, increasing spending caps for defense and non-defense accounts for the next two years and raising the debt limit […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Sustains General Dynamics Protest for SEWIP Block 1
The Government Accountability Office sustained a protest by General Dynamics [GD] on the Navy’s surface electronic warfare improvement program (SEWIP) Block 1B3 full rate production requirement, throwing Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] […]
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BudgetHouse Passes Two-Year Budget Deal
In a 266-167 vote, House on Wednesday evening approved the Bipartisan Budget Deal, which raises spending limits imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011 for two years as well […]
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BudgetHASC Chairman Outlines Two Paths for Passing Defense Authorization Bill
House Armed Service Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) on Wednesday morning laid out two potential methods for passing in the National Defense Authorization Act: either Congress can override President […]
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Congress
Boeing, GE Win as House Votes to Revive Ex-Im Bank
House Democrats and Republicans on Oct. 27 voted to resurrect the Export-Import Bank, a huge win for companies such as Boeing [BA] and General Electric [GE] that rely on the […]
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BudgetObama, Congress Broker Budget Deal with $607 Billion for Defense
The White House and congressional leaders have reached a two-year budget deal that boosts defense and non-defense spending caps, but allots about $5 billion less to the Pentagon than the […]
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Air ForceFix For F-35 Ejection Seat Issues May Take One Year to Integrate in Fleet
The F-35 program office is working on a variety of fixes for ejection seat issues that caused the Air Force to impose weight restrictions, but it may take a year […]
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BudgetNavy WIll Protect Ohio Replacement Program If Hit By Yearlong CR
If a yearlong continuing resolution (CR) is enacted, the Navy will pull out all stops to protect the Ohio replacement program and keep it on schedule, but not all programs […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s New Shipboard Computing Environment Moves Into Full Deployment Phase
The Defense Department earlier this month authorized the full deployment of the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program, which upgrades the service’s shipboard computing systems and consolidates […]
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