Budget
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Budget
Georgia Lawmaker Asks Colleagues To Keep Programs Whole at Nearby DoE Nuclear Weapon Site
A Georgia congressman released a written request that House appropriators accept the White House’s funding request for the Savannah River Site’s proposed plutonium pit factory and reject a proposed cut […]
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Homeland Security
Without Budget Increases, Finishing Checkpoint CT Acquisition Will Take Until 2036, Pekoske Says
If funding for next-generation checkpoint baggage scanners is maintained at current requested levels, it will be another 14 or so years before the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) completes the purchase […]
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Congress
Inflation Adding Huge Costs To Coast Guard Shipbuilding, Operations And Sustainment
The increasing costs of goods, in particular steel, is adding substantial costs to the Coast Guard’s shipbuilding and operations and threatens the procurement of one of two additional planned fast […]
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Homeland Security
Commercial Icebreaker Would Inform Requirements For Arctic Security Cutter, Schultz Says
If the Coast Guard is successful in receiving funding for a commercial polar icebreaker and then acquiring the ship, the vessel will not only become part of the service’s inventory […]
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Threat Environment Requires CISA To Continue Growing, Easterly Says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) must continue to grow to keep pace with more complex threats, the head of the agency said on Thursday. CISA’s $2.5 billion budget […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy FY ‘23 Budget Seeks To ‘Eliminate’ Snakehead LDUUV, Decommission 25 EA-18G Growlers, Not Extend CVN-68
According to the recently released Navy Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Highlights book, the service is seeking to end the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program, decommission the 25 […]
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Budget
Navy Killing Low-Yield Nuclear SLCM Over Cost Concerns
The Navy is killing its nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile program because it would cost too much money to build the weapon, which the service says cannot be built in time […]
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Navy/USMC
CNO Argues FY ‘23 Fleet Request Responsible As More Than Just Numbers
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – This week the Chief of Naval Operations defended the Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget request fleet additions by comparing his focus on a credible and supportable […]
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Budget
$4 Billion Navy Unfunded List Includes More Aircraft, Spare Parts and Missiles
The Navy’s fiscal year 2023 $4 billion unfunded priorities list focuses on adding more missiles, aircraft and spare parts rather than additional ships, according to documents. The service’s top priority […]
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Budget
MDA Requests $9.6 Billion In FY 2023 Budget
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) $9.6 billion fiscal year 2023 budget request includes increases for various missile defense interceptors, Guam defense, and increased research and development funds over the previous […]
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