Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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BudgetHouse Passes Defense Authorization Bill Despite Democratic Opposition
The House on May 15 passed a $612 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2016 in a 269-151 vote largely divided along party lines. Forty one Democrats voted in […]
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ArmySASC Defense Authorization Bill Restricts Funding for F-35, LCS, Adds New Carrier UAV Prototype
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Thursday approved its markup of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill in a 22-4 vote. Although the bill would fully fund controversial […]
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BudgetDemocratic Support for Defense Authorization Bill Diminishing
It took about 18 hours for the House Armed Services Committee to pass the defense authorization bill, but that could be a breeze compared to getting it through the House […]
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Budget
SASC Moves Forward on Defense Bill, But Reveals Few Details
Despite pleas from the press for transparency, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) have been closed lipped about its defense authorization bill, which is being marked up this […]
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PentagonPentagon Seeks Silicon Valley’s Influence
Innovative products and startup business are rapidly emerging in Silicon Valley, but the Pentagon is still trying to figure out how to harness those technologies and professional talent for its […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Budget. Next week will be a hectic one on Capitol Hill. The House is expected to take up the defense authorization bill on the floor as early as Wednesday, […]
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BudgetA-10 Debate to Restart Next Week As House Takes Up NDAA
A slew of Democratic amendments that would pare back spending on major military acquisition programs could be up for debate next week when the House takes up the defense authorization […]
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Pentagon
GAO: Pentagon Should Take Action to Improve Rapid Innovation Program
The Pentagon could be doing more to transition technologies in the Rapid Innovation Program from development to military use, according to a Government Accountability Office report released May 7. Transitioning […]
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Navy/USMCMore Demonstration, R&D Likely Needed Before Fielding UCLASS, Carter Says
Fans of the Navy’s experimental X-47B drone needn’t despair at the program’s end after this fiscal year. Although the aircraft “reached the end of what it had anticipated to do,” […]
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CongressCarter: GOP Budget Subject to Veto
Congressional Republicans’ plan to fund the defense budget through the wartime spending account is a “road to nowhere,” Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned the defense subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations […]