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ArmySenate Authorizers Propose $200.5 Million Cut To Army’s IVAS 1.2 Procurement
Senate authorizers in their fiscal year 2025 defense policy bill have proposed cutting the Army’s procurement of Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) 1.2 headsets by $200.5 million. The Senate Armed […]
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CongressHouse Narrowly Passes FY ‘25 Defense, Homeland Security Spending Bills
The House on Friday narrowly passed its $833.1 billion fiscal year 2025 defense appropriations bill, which has faced scrutiny over its inclusion of divisive GOP-proposed policy riders and decisions to […]
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CongressHouse Takes Up FY ‘25 Defense Appropriations With Debate On Ukraine Aid, Unfunded Lists
The House on Thursday began debating its $833.1 billion fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill, voting down measures that would have blocked further aid for Ukraine and removed the requirement […]
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CongressAmendments’ Offsetting Cuts Could ‘Gut’ O&M In House’s Defense Spending Bill, Calvert Says
As the House is set to consider its $833.1 billion fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill this week, the lower chamber’s top defense appropriator cited concern that many amendments proposed […]
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CongressBiden Would Veto House’s Defense Spending Bill Over GOP Policy Riders, Shipbuilding Cut
The White House has said President Biden would veto the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) $833.1 billion fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill, citing objections to the bill’s divisive GOP-proposed policy […]
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CongressSenate Must Pair Any Defense Spending Boost With Non-Defense Increase, Murray Says
After the Senate Armed Services Committee approved boosting the topline of its defense policy bill by $25 billion, the upper chamber’s top appropriator reiterated this week that any defense spending […]
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CongressKaine: Immigration Reform Needed To Improve Shipbuilding Workforce
Immigration reform is needed to expand the defense and shipbuilding industrial base and workforce to enable building submarines at a faster rate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Friday. Kaine said […]
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CongressSenate Defense Authorization Bill to Wait Until After July 4 for Floor Vote
The Senate Armed Services’ Committee’s (SASC) $923.3 billion defense authorization bill will wait for a floor vote until after the July 4 recess, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senate’s president […]
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CongressGAO: DoD Backing of ‘Innovation’ and Fast Fielding Yet to Pay Dividends
While the Pentagon has backed innovative approaches, such as Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) and commercial paths, to help speed fielding, the DoD efforts thus far are insufficient, the Government […]
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Navy/USMCSASC Policy Bill Pushes Second Sub, Third Destroyer, Concerns Over Ship Design Maturity
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SAC) version of the draft fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) pushes the Navy to procure a second attack submarine, third destroyer and […]
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