Army
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Air ForceShipbuilders Win Out as Senate Appropriators Add Funds For Icebreaker to Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s $574.5 billion defense spending bill, which the defense subcommittee (SAC-D) approved Tuesday, contained a big surprise: $1 billion in Navy shipbuilding funds to accelerate construction of […]
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Air ForceStudy: U.S. Military Needs More Cheap Missile Interceptors To Win Salvo Equation Against Peer Adversary
The U.S. military can count on facing guided missiles in its next high-end conflict, but it is not prepared to defend against massed, relatively inexpensive precision weapons. A new study […]
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Air ForceHouse Passes 2017 Defense Authorization Bill
In a 277-147 vote, the House passed the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act after a late night session where Republican lawmakers successfully fended off attacks to the budget’s topline […]
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ArmyGD Wins $184 Million U.S. Army Europe Contract To Provide Enterprise IT
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded General Dynamics [GD] a contract worth upward of $184 million over five years to deliver information technology (IT) services for United States Army […]
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ArmyFiscal Reality Challenges Ambitious Army Aircraft Modernization Plan
ATLANTA–On a bright and sunny late April day, Army Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Aviation Brig. Gen. Bob Marion took the main stage to explain his grand vision of what […]
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ArmyFiscal Reality Challenges Ambitious Army Aircraft Modernization Plan
ATLANTA–On a bright and sunny late April day, Army Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Aviation Brig. Gen. Bob Marion took the main stage to explain his grand vision of what […]
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ArmyLess Procurement Funds, More Oversight In SASC’s Defense Bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) $602 billion defense authorization bill, agreed to Thursday afternoon in a 23-3 vote, contains less procurement funding—and far more provisions curtailing programs—than the legislation […]
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ArmySASC Pays Out $94 Million For Army Vehicle Active Protection Systems
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has provided an infusion of cash for the Army to buy Active Protections Systems (APS) for its combat vehicles, adding $94 million for off-the-shelf […]