Congress
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CongressWhite House Promises More Consultations In Response To House Wassenaar Cyber Worries Letter
The White House vowed more consultations in a response to a House of Representatives letter sent to National Security Adviser Susan Rice late last year urging a revision to implementation […]
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BudgetFunding for Anti-Ship SM-6, Additional F-35Cs and F-18s Included in Budget, Carter Says
During his trip to California this week, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter detailed a number of shipbuilding, aviation and munitions investments from the fiscal 2017 budget request, including a plan to […]
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CongressNavy Details Potential Fixes for Super Hornet Pilot Health Issues
Lawmakers on Thursday pressed a panel of Navy aviation leaders about a rise in health problems in Super Hornet pilots that could be caused by insufficient oxygen, depressurization or other […]
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BudgetNeller Confirms Navy to Request LHA-8 in FY ’17 Budget
The president’s 2017 budget request will include funding for LHA-8, the third America-class amphibious assault ship, Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller confirmed on Thursday. That ship will help the Navy […]
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CongressCRS Analyst Estimates $1 Billion In Savings If Coast Guard Shifts Shipbuilding To Multiyear Contracts
The Coast Guard could save up to $1.2 billion in its acquisition budget if its shifts several new and ongoing shipbuilding projects to some form of multiyear contracting, a naval […]
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BudgetFY ’17 Defense Budget Adds $2 Billion Over 5 Years for Tomahawk Program, Extending Production Line
For the past two years, the Tomahawk cruise missile program has faced potential procurement numbers too low to meet the minimum sustaining rate and the threat of a production line […]
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Air ForceIn $582.7 Billion FY ’17 Budget Request, Pentagon to Increase Funding for Undersea Warfare, Munitions
The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request will call for a topline of $582.7 billion, hewing closely to the levels set in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement made last year. […]
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CongressNavy to Award Contracts for LCS Sonar Designs
The Navy is weeks away from announcing the final design for two reduced-weight sonar systems that the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will deploy to hunt submarines, the service’s program manager […]
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CongressIf Confirmed, Next U.S. Commmander in Afghanistan to Reevaluate Military Presence
The Obama administration’s nominee for the next commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan told lawmakers on Thursday that he would need at least 90 days to evaluate whether the military […]
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Air ForceMcCain, McCarthy Plan Bills Reinstating NDAA RD-180 Caps
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) plan to introduce bills repealing a provision in the fiscal year 2016 appropriations bill […]