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CongressSenators Urge Mulvaney Not To Cut Coast Guard Budget
Amid reports that the White House budget office is proposing a nearly 12 percent cut to the Coast Guard’s budget in FY ’18, 23 senators sent a letter on Wednesday […]
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SpaceNASA Transition Bill Passes Congress
The House on Tuesday approved the NASA Transition bill of 2017, which cleared the Senate last month, according to a House Science, Space and Technology (SST) Committee statement. The bill […]
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CongressDuke Says CBP Preparing Cost-Benefit Analysis For Border Security Wall
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is currently conducting a cost-benefit analysis related to President Donald Trump’s proposed security wall along the nation’s southwest border and that a life-cycle cost estimate […]
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CongressMcCaskill Ask Kelly For Briefing On Funding Plan For Security Wall
Just ahead of plans by the Department of Homeland Security to solicit industry for prototype solutions for wall structures along the U.S. southern border, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Tuesday […]
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InternationalSen. Warner Pushes UAV Sales To India
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, is urging the U.S. executive branch to authorize the sale of unmanned aerial vehicles to India. Speaking at the Wilson […]
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CongressPentagon Advisory Panel Outlines Initiatives For Cyber Deterrence; Includes “Thin Line” Of Second Strike Systems
To help ward off cyber attacks the U.S. must strengthen its cyber deterrence posture through three broad initiatives that include tailored deterrence campaigns, ensuring the resilience of key strike systems […]
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Homeland SecurityHouse Panel Would Give NIST Oversight Role For Federal Cyber Security
Over the objections of most Democrats on the panel, the House Science Committee on Wednesday passed a measure that would require a federal standards and measurement agency to lead an […]
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CongressCyber Focus For House Panel Is On DHS Organization, Procurement, And Workforce, Aide Says
The House Homeland Security Committee’s focus this year in the area of cyber security will be on organizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to become more operational around the […]
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Air ForceF-35A Achieves 20-To-One Kill Ratio At Red Flag, General Says
The F-35A next-generation fighter scored a kill ratio of 20 times its losses in the recently completed Red Flag combat training exercise in Nevada, an Air Force general said on […]
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Air ForceBogdan Says F-35 Development Short $532 Million; Funds Will Be Found Within Program
The budget to complete system development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is about $532 million short over the next few years but the funding to complete this work will […]
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