Budget
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BudgetNavy To Finish Force Structure Study This Month, Chief Says
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said Sept. 15 that he expects the Navy to complete a study on its future force structure later this month. While the Navy […]
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BudgetPentagon Chief Weapon Buyer Hoping For Three-Month CR, Followed By Appropriation Bill For Next President
The Pentagon’s chief weapon buyer is calling for Congress to enact a short-term stopgap funding measure as a stepping stone to passing a comprehensive appropriations bill. Frank Kendall, undersecretary of […]
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BudgetFormer DoD Budget Official Defends OCO Funding
Former Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale said Aug. 29 that the overseas contingency operations (OCO) funding mechanism has served the Department of Defense well and should be retained with modest changes, […]
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BudgetFive Years After Budget Control Act, Industry Is Far From Doomsday Scenario Predicted
Five years ago, on the eve of passage of the Budget Control Act, then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta wrote a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee warning of a […]
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BudgetNeither Clinton Nor Trump Can Fix Defense Spending Caps Without Agreement With Congress
Whoever is sworn in as president in January, the new chief executive will have less than a year to make a deal with Congress or watch the military’s budget be […]
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BudgetCarter Issues Veto Threats Ahead Of Conference
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Wednesday vowed to recommend a veto of both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bills if either form reaches […]
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ArmyArmy Seeks Nearly $30 Million Boost To Buy Vehicle Active Protection Systems
Included in an Army request to shuffle $916 million in fiscal year 2016 dollars among accounts is $27.8 million to fast track the purchase and installation of active protection systems […]
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BudgetHASC Chair Concerned About ‘Diversity’ Of Threats
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said July 7 that the United States needs to be prepared to counter an increasing “diversity” of threats to its national […]
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BudgetHASC Hears Case For Consolidating Innovation Under Single Senior Defense Official
In order to overtake the pace at which potential adversaries Russia and China are developing military technologies, the Defense Department needs to consolidate its innovation efforts under a single, very […]
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BudgetSmith Opposes McCain’s AT&L Divestiture
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) opposes a proposal by Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) to eliminate the Defense Department’s acquisition, technology […]