The House passed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) July 12 along mostly party lines, authorizing a $733 billion budget topline that tees up debates between the Senate and House versions of the bill as they enter into conference this summer. The bill was passed by a vote ...
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The White House critiqued the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) mark of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to be debated on the House floor this week, in part for a $500 million reduction in funds to develop the Air Force’s future air dominance technologies and for ...
A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member-introduced amendment would divert $200 million to replace storm-damaged aircraft ground and training equipment from other Defense Department funding streams in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), who ...
House lawmakers have included two amendments that affect the Air Force’s ongoing light attack experiment to be considered for inclusion in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The lower chamber will consider over 400 amendments to the NDAA over the rest of this week ...
Equipping National Guard and Reserve units with hand-me-down helicopters, which the U.S. Army calls “cascading,” can lead to such units receiving new technology or significant upgrades, including those for rotorcraft, nearly a decade after active duty units. “Helicopters are ...
A group of Republican senators is urging the administration to reconsider its proposal for a year-long stopgap funding bill if current negotiations fail to reach a two-year budget deal, adding the move would “devastate the U.S. military.” Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) sent a letter, along with 15 ...
