Valerie Insinna
Articles By Valerie
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BudgetAcquisition Reform Legislation Prompts Worries About Long-Term Effects
The House Armed Services Committee released the mark of its version of the defense authorization bill yesterday, with a number of its provisions taken from the acquisition reform bill sponsored […]
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BudgetFY 2016 NDAA Adds Funding For A-10, Sidesteps Budget Caps
The House Armed Service Committee’s defense authorization bill would give the military much of the funding it sought, including additional aircraft, vehicles and weapons beyond what was requested in the […]
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Air ForceFreshman Congresswoman Ready to Add A-10 Funding to Defense Budget
Newly-elected Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz) is prepared to offer an amendment that would keep the A-10 Warthog in Air Force fleets for another year, should funding not be present in […]
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Budget
HASC Subcommittees Approve Defense Authorization Bill Proposals
The House Armed Services Committee quickly moved forward subcommittee marks of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill ahead of debate by the full committee next week. Only two subcommittees—Seapower […]
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BudgetLawmakers Push Back on HASC’s Crusier Layup Plan
The House Armed Services Committee proposal for modernizing the Navy’s Ticonderoga-class fleet will likely be a point of contention when the full committee meets next week to amend the National […]
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BudgetHASC Subcommittee to Beef Up RD-180 Replacement Effort
The House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee will recommend additional funding in the defense authorization bill for a replacement to Russia’s RD-180 rocket engine, a staffer said April 22 […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Proposes Faster Cruiser Modernization, LXR Procurement
Accelerating cruiser modernization and the procurement of the Navy’s new amphibious ship are two of the priorities listed in the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s defense […]
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ArmyHouse Armed Services Committee to Request Additional Funds for F-35, F-18s
Faster modernization of the Army National Guard’s aging UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter fleet and reports investigating the F-35’s engine and logistics system are among the proposed additions to the defense […]
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BudgetProposed NDAA Would Eliminate Manpower Cost Estimate Requirement
The House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on readiness has proposed eliminating a statute that Defense Department officials have said bogs down the acquisition process. The committee’s National Defense Authorization Act […]
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BudgetHASC Subcommittee Calls for Pentagon to Assess Weapons’ Cyber Vulnerabilities
The House Armed Service Committee kicked off the National Defense Authorization Act markup process on April 21, with the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities the first to issue its […]