The Army’s fiscal year 2022 budget request will include another round of cuts and reductions to “dozens of more programs” to continue fully funding modernization efforts, a top service official said Wednesday. Lt. Gen. James Pasquarette, the Army G-8, told attendees during an online ...
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The Senate fiscal year 2021 defense spending bill looks to fence off spending on a second Constellation-class (FFG-61) frigate until after Congress gets an updated cost assessment. The bill provides $1.05 billion for the Navy to procure the second new frigate, but an explanatory statement released ...
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released its $696 billion fiscal year 2021 defense spending bill, setting up a series of debates with the House during a lame-duck session over provisions such as budgeting for more F-35s and only funding one Virginia-class submarine. The bill, which ...
A senate panel has agreed to fully fund the Coast Guard’s request for production funding of a second new heavy icebreaker and the third and fourth medium-endurance cutters in fiscal year 2021, matching the amounts provided by a House panel in a demonstration of bipartisan support for continued ...
Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite recently said the service was able to find $46 billion in savings to shift to shipbuilding for a larger future fleet that will be matched by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Noting that Esper credits him with finding $46 billion in savings, Braithwaite said ...
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he is “unconvinced” on pursuing a deep cut to the defense budget, adding he could see a likely reduction of $10 to 20 billion in the coming years rather than a 10 to 20 percent overall cut. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) also told ...