Congress
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Pentagon‘Sooner Is Better’ For Funding To Help DoD Pay Potential Billions In Industry’s COVID Claims, Lord Says
The Pentagon’s top acquisition official said Monday “sooner is better” for receiving supplemental funding to help the department pay billions of dollars in potential pandemic-related claims from industry. Acquisition chief […]
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Air ForceHASC FY ’21 Tacair Mark Scrutinizes Air Force Proposed ISR Aircraft Retirements, Demands Answers on ABMS
The House Armed Services Committee’s tactical air and land subcommittee wants answers on the Air Force’s plans to retire a number of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms in the […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Allows Air Force Bomber Retirement Requests, Fences Proposed Tanker Retirements
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) agrees with the Air Force’s request to retire a number of aging bomber aircraft in the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill, but will […]
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CongressHouse Armed Services Panel’s Cyber Recommendations Mirror SASC In Part
A House Armed Services subcommittee that oversees cyber security issues on Sunday released its planned markup of its portion of the next defense authorization bill that includes similar provisions being […]
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CongressHouse Panel’s NDAA Mark Calls On Pentagon To Establish Directed Energy Working Group
Lawmakers are looking to establish a new working group at the Pentagon to better coordinate development of directed energy (DE) capabilities across the services. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on […]
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CongressHouse Panel Seeks Deputy SecDef Oversight, Board Of Directors For Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats & Capabilities is calling for the Deputy Secretary of Defense to handle oversight of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center […]
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CongressDoE Nuke Agency Staffer Taking Job on Senate Appropriations Panel
Nora Khalil is leaving the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to become the lead Republican staffer on the Senate Appropriations panel that writes the agency’s annual budget […]
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Air ForceSpace Policy Official Hopeful Final Acquisition Alternatives Report Will Soon Be Sent to Congress
Congressional committees have long been waiting for a finalized version of a report on space acquisition alternatives to be submitted by the Department of the Air Force, and a senior […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriator Lee Introduces Bill to Cut Pentagon Funding By $350 Billion
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and co-chair of the Policy and Steering Committee, introduced a bill June 15 that would cut the “bloated” annual […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNevada Dems Oppose Nuke Testing, as NDAA Adds Funds for Test-Resumption Prep
After it leaked to the media that the Senate’s fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) had a sliver of funding for nuclear-explosive test readiness, the five Democrats of Nevada’s […]