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By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

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Business Opportunities

The Multirole Enforcement Aircraft provided by Sierra Nevada Corp. to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Photo: SNC

CBP Releases Draft RFP for Multirole Enforcement Aircraft Land Interdiction Customs and Border Protection has issued a draft request for proposal (RFP) for the Multirole Enforcement Aircraft Land Interdiction (MEA LI), for which it plans to purchase up to nine aircraft in a full and open competition. Sierra Nevada Corp. currently provides CBP with MEA aircraft. The agency says it needs the capability to fly certain sensitive missions without communicating its position and identifiers in an easy to exploit manner…

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 […]