Congress
-
CongressSenate Appropriator: Full-Scale Nuclear Modernization Should Happen Despite Any Future Budget Crunch
Even though the post-2021 budgetary landscape—as many nuclear modernization programs move from research & development to the production phase—will likely threaten investments in strategic deterrence, the United States should still […]
-
Air ForceHouse Rebuffs Move to Cut F-35 Procurement
The House Armed Services Committee on April 29 shut down an attempt to cut funding for six F-35As from the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) […]
-
BudgetHASC Approves $40 Million for US-Israeli Anti-Tunnel System
The House Armed Services Committee on April 29 authorized $40 million for establishing a joint program between the United States and Israel to develop technologies that can detect and defeat […]
-
BudgetAcquisition Reform Legislation Prompts Worries About Long-Term Effects
The House Armed Services Committee released the mark of its version of the defense authorization bill yesterday, with a number of its provisions taken from the acquisition reform bill sponsored […]
-
BudgetFY 2016 NDAA Adds Funding For A-10, Sidesteps Budget Caps
The House Armed Service Committee’s defense authorization bill would give the military much of the funding it sought, including additional aircraft, vehicles and weapons beyond what was requested in the […]
-
CongressSecond Cyber Sharing Bill Passes House
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the second of two cyber threat information sharing bills being considered this week, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (NCPAA) of 2015 (H.R. […]
-
Budget
HASC Subcommittees Approve Defense Authorization Bill Proposals
The House Armed Services Committee quickly moved forward subcommittee marks of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill ahead of debate by the full committee next week. Only two subcommittees—Seapower […]
-
Budget
Lawmakers Push Back on HASC’s Crusier Layup Plan
The House Armed Services Committee proposal for modernizing the Navy’s Ticonderoga-class fleet will likely be a point of contention when the full committee meets next week to amend the National […]
-
CongressFirst of Two Cyber Sharing Bills Passes House
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the first of two cyber threat information sharing bills being considered this week, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R. 1560). The bill passed […]
-
BudgetGAO Finds Two Of 22 Major DHS Acquisition Programs Tracking To Cost, Schedule
Only two of 22 major acquisition programs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are meeting their initial targets for cost and schedule estimates, one a program for buying explosives […]