Congress
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CongressHASC NDAA Sets Up Debate With Senate On F-35 Cuts, Funds For Virginia-Class Submarine
The House Armed Services Committee’s $731.6 billion fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill sets up key debate with the Senate on cuts to the F-35 program and adjustments to various […]
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CongressHouse Cyber Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Establish National Cyber Director
Legislation to establish a permanent, Senate-confirmed presidential cyber security adviser with authority to review federal cyber budgets, and coordinate and develop the national cyber security strategy was introduced in the […]
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CongressDrug Seizures Up, Human Smuggling Down On Border As Criminal Organizations Shift Tactics, CBP Chief Says
Transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) are bringing more illegal drugs into the U.S. than a year ago because the Trump administration’s clamp down on illegal immigration has crimped human smuggling as […]
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Air ForceHouse, Senate NDAA Marks Largely Concur to Prevent Most Proposed Air Force Aircraft Retirements
House and Senate Armed Services lawmakers appear mostly aligned in their marks of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill when it comes to the Air Force’s request to retire […]
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BudgetSenate Authorizers Push For Interim GBI
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft of the FY ’21 defense authorization bill pushes the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop and produce an interim Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) by 2026. […]
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BudgetSASC Wants SDA Transferred to the Space Force by 2023, Adds R&D Funds for Future Launches
The Space Development Agency (SDA), established in 2019, must be transferred from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to the U.S. Space Force by the start of fiscal year […]
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BudgetHouse Panels Presses DoD On Missile Defense Funding Changes
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee FY ’21 defense authorization bill mark presses the Defense Department on why it made changes to Missile Defense Agency (MDA) programs and technologies […]
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ArmySASC Calls For Army To Assess Its Integrated Air And Missile Defense Capabilities
The Senate Armed Services Committee is urging the Army to conduct a full assessment of its integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) portfolio to ensure current and future capabilities are […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
SASC Looks To Transition Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Oversight To Joint Chiefs
The Senate Armed Services Committee is aiming to transition responsibility for the Pentagon’s electromagnetic spectrum operations from U.S. Strategic Command to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to […]
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CongressDoD Would Get More Say in DoE Nuke Budget, Under Senate Committee’s NDAA
The Department of Defense would get more control over the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons budget under the Senate version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was […]