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Army

Brogan: Marines "Aggressively" Working M-ATV, One Final Vendor Desired

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Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps is "aggressively" working on plans to quickly purchase an under-development breed of all-terrain mine-resistant vehicles for troops in Afghanistan in response to an urgent request from theater, the service's top equipment buyer told lawmakers yesterday. In a congressional hearing that continued past Defense Daily's deadline, House defense authorizers pressed Marine Corps and Army officials for more clarity on the new effort for an off-road variant of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP), more…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]