Budget
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Move Around MQ-25 Funding Due To EMD Delays
The Navy requested Congress let it move hundreds of millions of dollars related to the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker aircraft funds for fiscal year 2023 due to delays in […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNuke Spending Will Top $75 Billion Per Year Over Next Decade, Mostly To Modernize Triad
Over the next decade, the U.S. will spend an estimated $756 billion on modernizing and maintaining its current and future nuclear forces, or about $75 billion per year, a new […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Authorizers Push For AUKUS Oversight While Foreign Relations Committee Looks To Authorize SSN Transfers
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill included several provisions to add oversight to the AUKUS agreement to help Australia gain nuclear-powered attack submarines. One […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Bill Would Limit Navy Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Accounts For 31 Amphibs
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill includes a provision that would restrict Navy funds until it submits a new shipbuilding plan accounting for […]
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CongressSpace Force Would Be Able To Levy Commercial Companies For Indirect Launch Costs In HASC Bill
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) authorization bill would give the U.S. Space Force new authority to charge commercial space companies for indirect costs related to launch activities on its […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Concerned With Limitations In CBP’s Passenger Vehicle Scanners
New non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is beginning to deploy at land ports of entry to scan passenger vehicles as they are entering the U.S. […]
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Navy/USMCSASC FY’ 24 Defense Bill Supports 10 Ships, Includes LPD And Sub Tender
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill favors the Navy procuring 10 new ships, including a new amphibious ship and a submarine […]
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CongressSASC Approves $886 Billion FY ‘24 NDAA, Wants Supplemental For Defense Spending Boost
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has approved its $886 billion version of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, while SASC lawmakers look for supplemental funding measures that […]
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Business/FinancialHASC Would Block Biden Proposal Requiring Defense Contractors To Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A Biden administration proposal that would require defense contractors to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and plans to reduce those emissions was rejected by the House Armed Services Committee […]
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ColumnHAC Approves FY ’24 Defense Bill With Multi-Year Munitions Cuts, Dems Object To ‘Divisive’ Policies
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved its $826.5 billion fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill, which includes a nearly $2 billion cut to multi-year procurement for select munitions and […]