Budget
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BudgetLawmakers Blast Navy Plan To Retire Hospital Ship
The U.S. Navy’s plan to retire one of its two hospital ships is drawing fire from lawmakers who say the vessels provide important services for overseas humanitarian missions and victims of […]
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BudgetLawmakers Blast Navy Plan To Retire Hospital Ship
The U.S. Navy’s plan to retire one of its two hospital ships is drawing fire from lawmakers who say the vessels provide important services for overseas humanitarian missions and victims of […]
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Air ForceKey Lawmaker To Examine Air Force Cancellation Of JSTARS Replacement
The head of a congressional defense subcommittee said March 6 that he intends to scrutinize the Air Force’s controversial plan to cancel its replacement for the aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance […]
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Air ForceKey Lawmaker To Examine Air Force Cancellation Of JSTARS Replacement
The head of a congressional defense subcommittee said March 6 that he intends to scrutinize the Air Force’s controversial plan to cancel its replacement for the aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance […]
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CongressSenate Appropriations Chair Cochran to Retire in April Due to Ailing Health
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and huge advocate for shipbuilding, will retire April 1 due to ailing health, the 81 year-old lawmaker said Monday. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Budget Plans 46 More Ships Within Five Years, 30-Year Plan Expects 355 By 2050s
The U.S. Navy’s FY ’19 budget request and 30-year shipbuilding plan expects to have 34 additional ships in the inventory by FY 2023, but the service’s goal of reaching 355 […]
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BudgetMDA Budget Request Increases $2 Billion From Last Year
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is requesting $9.9 billion in the FY ’19 budget request, which is an increase of about $2 billion over the FY ’18 request. An MDA […]
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Air ForceCompetition For JSTARS Replacement Plane Continues As Air Force, Hill Duel Over Proposal To End Program
The U.S. Air Force, which recently announced plans to nix a replacement for its aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance aircraft, is not pulling the plug on the program just yet. Facing […]
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Air ForceCompetition For JSTARS Replacement Plane Continues As Air Force, Hill Duel Over Proposal To End Program
The U.S. Air Force, which recently announced plans to nix a replacement for its aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance aircraft, is not pulling the plug on the program just yet. Facing […]
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Air ForceAir Force Aims To Develop New Sensor Fusion System Instead Of Replacing JSTARS Surveillance Plane
The U.S. Air Force is dropping plans to build a new ground-surveillance aircraft, opting instead to begin developing an advanced battle management system that can fuse threat information from various […]