Budget
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BudgetNeller Confirms Navy to Request LHA-8 in FY ’17 Budget
The president’s 2017 budget request will include funding for LHA-8, the third America-class amphibious assault ship, Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller confirmed on Thursday. That ship will help the Navy […]
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BudgetFY ’17 Defense Budget Adds $2 Billion Over 5 Years for Tomahawk Program, Extending Production Line
For the past two years, the Tomahawk cruise missile program has faced potential procurement numbers too low to meet the minimum sustaining rate and the threat of a production line […]
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BudgetCommittee Says Bollinger Only Bidder For Second Phase Of FRC Program
Bollinger Shipyards, the shipbuilder on the current contract to build 32 of a planned buy of 58 new Coast Guard patrol boats, is the only bidder on a recompetition for […]
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BudgetIn Budget Speech, Carter Touts New Technology Such as Driverless Boats, Arsenal Plane
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter provided a glimpse into some of the Pentagon’s emerging technologies during his budget preview on Tuesday, discussing capabilities from swarming 3D-printed drones to a targeting kit […]
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Air ForceIn $582.7 Billion FY ’17 Budget Request, Pentagon to Increase Funding for Undersea Warfare, Munitions
The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request will call for a topline of $582.7 billion, hewing closely to the levels set in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement made last year. […]
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BudgetHouse Approves Coast Guard Authorization Bill
The House on Monday unanimously approved a two-year bill that authorizes the Coast Guard and Federal Maritime Commission through FY ’17, sending the legislation to President Barack Obama for his […]
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Air ForceProcurement, Modernization Will Cover Most Of Expected Defense Budget Shortfall In FY2017
The Pentagon after releasing its fiscal year 2017 budget on Feb. 9 will find itself needing to come up with $22 billion to cover the difference between its request and […]
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Air ForceNext President Will Grapple With Defense Acquisition Bow Wave, Study Finds
After years of stagnant Pentagon budgets, the next presidential administration will face a defense acquisition bow wave in the early 2020s and will need an influx of funding to pay […]
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ArmyArmy Chief Advocates ‘Intimate’ Role For Service Leaders In Acquisition Process
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley has long favored giving the service chiefs an “intimate” role in acquisition programs and plans to lay that opinion out for the Senate […]
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Air ForceHASC Revisiting RD-180 Caps In Upcoming Authorization Season
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will tackle the Russian rocket engine restrictions in the upcoming authorization season after they were lifted in the fiscal year 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act. […]