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CongressWhite House, SecDef Push Back On House GOP’s ‘Devastating’ Six-Month CR Proposal
The White House on Monday said President Biden would veto House Republicans’ proposed six-month stopgap funding bill, with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also warning lawmakers that the legislation would […]
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ArmyDrones, Counter UAS, Electronic Warfare, Spending Flexibility Will Feature In Army’s FY ’26 Request, Wormuth Says
Based on lessons being learned from the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War and the U.S. Army’s needs to be part of the joint fight in the Indo-Pacific region, the service plans to […]
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CongressCBO Estimates Three Polar Security Cutters Exceed Coast Guard Projections By 60 Percent
The estimated cost to procure three new heavy polar icebreakers is $5.1 billion, 60 percent higher than the Coast Guard’s current estimate, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says. The first […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFirst Units Using Initial Replicator Systems Now, As Hicks Seeks Congress’ ‘Trust’ For Program
A first group of U.S. military units completed new equipment training and started operating on the initial attritable autonomous capabilities delivered under the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, the department’s no. 2 […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Want USAF to Improve Budget Process, Add F-15EXs and C-130Js to USAF Request
Senate appropriators in a report on their version of the fiscal 2025 defense bill criticize the U.S. Air Force for submitting budget requests containing several billion dollars in what the […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Concerned With ‘Delays’ In Multi-Year Munitions Awards
Senate appropriators are seeking greater oversight of the Pentagon’s planned multi-year contracts for critical munitions, citing concerns with “delays” in awarding deals for the select weapons. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySenate Panel Questions Effectiveness Of DoD Rapid Experimentation Effort
A three-year old effort to rapidly experiment with prototype systems that could meet joint warfighting needs so far has fallen short of expectations and is not finding a home in […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Advance $852.2 Billion Defense Bill, Add $21 Billion In ‘Emergency’ Funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) has advanced its $852.2 billion fiscal year 2025 defense appropriations bill, which works around the debt limit deal’s one percent spending cap and adds nearly […]
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Nuclear ModernizationStrategic Forces Ranking Republican Says Dates for Sentinel, Rest of Triad ‘Too Late’
Modernization of U.S. nuclear weapons and delivery systems is moving too slowly and the Pentagon has heard about it, Nebraska’s senior U.S. senator said here Tuesday at a think tank. […]
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CongressTop Republicans on House Oversight Committee Want V-22 Mishap Data By End of Month
Top Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability said that they are not receiving requested data from the Pentagon on V-22 accidents, including a CV-22 crash last Nov. […]