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Budget

Authorizers Delay AT&L Split For One Year

Pat Host

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

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Authorizers Delay AT&L Split For One Year

The position of under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics (AT&L) will survive intact for another fiscal year.Defense authorizers in the compromise version of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill delayed until next year splitting Pentagon acquisition czar Frank Kendall’s position into two. If the bill was to be signed into law intact, AT&L would be split into two positions, effective Feb. 1, 2018: a chief technology officer called under secretary of defense focused on research and…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]