Congress
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ArmyCongress Adds Funding And Training Dollars, Calls For Aviation Studies To Divert Crisis
Included in the compromise defense authorization bill for fiscal 2019 is more than $40 billion aimed squarely at ending the aviation crisis that already has claimed 25 servicemembers’ lives in […]
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Air ForceHouse, Senate Negotiated FY ’19 NDAA Cuts JSTARS Replacement Program
House and Senate lawmakers in the negotiated version of their respective fiscal 2019 defense policy bills have agreed to prohibit the Air Force from retiring its current fleet of ground-surveillance […]
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CongressHouse Committee Highlights Capability Gaps With Coast Guard’s Medium Endurance Cutters
The Coast Guard faces a growing capability gap between the times its current fleet of medium-endurance cutters retires and when its fleet of new Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) finishes coming […]
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CongressHouse Expected To Vote On FY 19 NDAA Conference Report Next Week
The House is expected to vote next week on a conference report that settles differences between its version of the fiscal year 2019 defense policy bill and the Senate’s legislation. […]
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Homeland Security
Ratcliffe Introduces Bill To Codify And Evolve Cyber Security Program
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) on Wednesday introduced legislation that codifies an existing federal cyber security program and ensures that it is continues to evolve to changing threats. The bill is […]
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CongressWhite House Gives Support To Senate Counter Drone Bill
The White House late Tuesday issued a statement of support for a bill circulating in the Senate that would give the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security limited authorities to […]
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Congress
House Passes Resolution Committing To On-Time Defense Appropriations; NDAA Conference Continues
Lawmakers on Tuesday passed a resolution to commit to providing the Pentagon with a fully authorized, on-time budget as the House and Senate continue negotiations on the respective versions of […]
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CongressAdministration, GOP Congressmen Proposing Legislation On Cyber Supply Chain Security
The Trump Administration this week sent proposed legislation to Congress to help federal agencies strengthen the cyber security of their supply chains and two House Republicans said on Thursday that […]
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CongressHouse, Senate Expect To Finish FY 19 Defense Bill Negotiations By July 27
The House and Senate began negotiations Wednesday to reconcile differences between their fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bills, with lawmakers expecting to finish the process by July 27. The Senate […]
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CongressDoD Counter UAS Efforts Creating Framework For Homeland Applications, FAA Official Says
Work done by the Defense Department to thwart potential threats posed by remotely piloted aircraft to its facilities in the U.S. is laying the “foundation” for the Departments of Homeland […]