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CongressHouse Narrowly Passes Full-Year CR With Defense Boost, Sends To Senate
The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a stopgap funding measure to avert a pending government shutdown with a 217-213 vote, sending the bill to the Senate. The lower chamber voted […]
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CongressHouse GOP’s Full-Year CR With Defense Boost Faces Narrow Path, Senate Dem Pushback
The House’s stopgap funding proposal to avert a government shutdown, which includes an $8 billion defense add, faces a tight path to pass the lower chamber this week but is […]
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CongressHASC’s Crow, Wittman Suggest Pushing More Procurement Authority To COCOMs
A bipartisan pair of House Armed Services Committee members said Wednesday that the Pentagon’s combatant commands should be given more authority to directly go and procure innovative technologies that can […]
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Navy/USMCSASC Chair ‘Encouraged’ By Trump’s Plan For New White House Shipbuilding Office
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he’s “encouraged” by President Trump’s plan to establish a new office in the White House dedicated to bolstering domestic shipbuilding. […]
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CongressOMB, DHS On Board With Coast Guard’s Goal Of $20 Billion Budget, Official Says
The Coast Guard’s goal of a $20 billion annual budget has received a positive reception from the Trump administration, the service’s acting operations head said on Wednesday. In discussions with […]
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Homeland SecurityDesign Nearly Complete On Polar Security Cutter, Full Rate Production Still Ahead
Bollinger Shipyards has completed more than 90 percent of the design of the Coast Guard’s first heavy polar icebreaker in 50 years and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will […]
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CongressSASC Presses DoD Policy Chief Nom Colby On Ukraine, As Trump Pauses Further Military Aid
A day after the Trump administration’s decision to pause further military aid to Ukraine, the president’s pick for the Pentagon’s top policy job was pressed during his confirmation hearing on […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Nominee Says He Will Work To Improve Industrial Base, Evaluate Contracts
President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Navy promised legislators Thursday he would evaluate contracts and improve the shipbuilding industrial base, while justifying his utility as an outsider businessman with […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Lacks Performance Goals For Scaling Commercial Technology, GAO Says
A recent shift in plans by the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to accelerate efforts to speed the adoption of commercial technologies for use by warfighters is lacking the […]
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CongressHouse Narrowly Passes Budget Blueprint With $100 Billion For Defense
The House on Tuesday evening narrowly passed a budget resolution that sets a blueprint for passing Trump administration priorities via the reconciliation process, to include spending $100 billion on defense […]