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ArmyWormuth: Army’s Seen ‘Considerable Support’ From Congress On Funding Flexibility Push
The Army has received “considerable support” from Congress on its push to consolidate budget line items to more flexibly move funding for specific capability areas, the service’s secretary said Monday. […]
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WeaponsMore Than $2 Billion in UAE/Saudi Arabia Foreign Arms Sales Approved by U.S. State Department
As the U.S. tries to deter Iran and its proxies, the U.S. State Department has approved more than $2 billion in foreign military sales (FMS) to Saudi Arabia and the […]
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SpaceNo Comment from ODNI on Maximizing Commercial Imagery/Analytics, GAO Says
More than two years ago, the Government Accountability Office advised that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) ensure that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National […]
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CongressAfter Congress Passes CR, Austin Urges Lawmakers To Reach Approps Agreement This Fall
After Congress on Wednesday evening passed a three-month stopgap funding measure to avert a potential government shutdown, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has called on lawmakers to reach a bipartisan agreement […]
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CongressWhite House Urges ‘Swift Passage’ Of New Three-Month CR Proposal
The White House on Tuesday urged “swift passage” of the new bipartisan three-month stopgap funding bill, as Congress faces a government shutdown deadline looming in a week. Speaker Mike Johnson […]
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Navy/USMCHAC-D Chairman Criticizes SECNAV For Submarine Cost Growth, Cites $17 Billion SSN Shoftfall
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, heavily criticized Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro about significant cost overruns and delays in submarine and ship […]
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SpaceITAR in the Way of U.S. Industry Participation in Planned Japan Remote Sensing Constellation
Japan is planning an up to $3 billion satellite constellation aimed at providing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other images to deter China, but U.S. companies looking to get into […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySkydio Official: U.S. Military Supply of Small Drones ‘Woefully Inadequate’
The Pentagon’s supply of small drones for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), strike, and other missions is far short of the need, an executive at Skydio, told a House Armed […]
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BudgetDel Toro Details CR Downsides For Navy In Letter To Legislators
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro recently sent congressional appropriations leaders a letter detailing the downsides for the Department of the Navy in a potential six-month Continuing Resolution (CR) […]
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SpaceCongressional Appropriators Cut Epoch 1 Missile Warning/Missile Tracking to Account for Termination of RTX Contract
House and Senate appropriators are advising cutting the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC)’s Missile Warning/Missile Tracking Epoch 1 program for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)–also known as Missile Track […]