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Navy/USMC

BAE Finishes Survivability Testing For MPC, Hopes For Land Characterization Funding

Mai Hanoon

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

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BAE Systems earlier this month finished survivability characterization and testing on its Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) and hopes the Marine Corps may be able to fund the lone remaining test before shelving the project for several years, the company’s MPC program manager said. BAE brought its version of the MPC to the Modern Day Marine military exposition at Marine Corps Base Quantico this week, despite Marine officials saying earlier this year they needed to put MPC development on hold so…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]