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CongressHASC Draft Bill Offers Another Tool To Elevate Commercial Solutions
Draft defense policy bill language released in the House this week contains a provision that would allow service secretaries to highlight a select number of small business research efforts they […]
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Unmanned SystemsCongress Approves FAA Bill That Extends Counter-Drone Authorities
The House on Tuesday approved a measure authorizing a short-term extension of existing counter-drone authorities for the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice. The counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) authorities remain […]
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BudgetBlumenthal Leads Senate Push Supporting Two SSNs in 2025
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) this week led a bipartisan group of senators in a letter requesting Senate appropriators fund two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) in the fiscal year 2025 budget. […]
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Business/FinancialKansas Senator Questions Defense Industrial Base Impact, If Boeing Buys Spirit Aerosystems
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) on May 15 questioned the impact of Boeing‘s [BA] proposed buy of Wichita-based Spirit Aerosystems [SPR], which supplies commercial and military programs, including the Airbus A350 […]
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SpaceHouse Panel Wants JCS Report On NGA Responsiveness To Combatant Commands
Based on concerns that U.S. Combatant Commands (COCOMS) may not be receiving commercial remote sensing data in operationally relevant timelines, a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel wants the chairman […]
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ArmyHASC NDAA Boosts Army C-UAS Procurement, Supports Add For Roadrunner-M Work
The House Armed Services Committee’s draft of the next defense authorization bill supports hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding for Army procurement of counter-drone capabilities. HASC also included […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Authorizers Want To Limit Cruiser Retirements, More Strings Attached If Navy Reduces Warships In Medium Term
House authorizers’ draft FY 2025 defense authorization bill includes several strings for the Navy reducing certain forces or fleet numbers, including restrictions on more than two cruiser retirements. The draft […]
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Navy/USMCAuthorizers Seeks Navy Strategy To Re-Arm At Sea Within Three Years
House authorizers hope to push the Navy to develop a plan to have the Navy be able to re-arm the surface fleet at sea within three years in their draft […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Innovation Unit Would Pilot Test And Evaluation Activities Under HASC Proposal
House defense authorizers are recommending a new pilot effort for the Defense Department’s innovation arm to enable faster testing and evaluation of commercial technologies that could meet warfighters’ needs. Currently, […]
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CongressHASC’S $883 Billion FY ‘25 NDAA Sticks To Spending Cap, Rogers Says Its ‘Hand Dealt To Us’
The House Armed Services Committee on Monday released its roughly $895 billion draft version of the next defense policy bill, to include authorizing $849.8 billion for the Pentagon, adhering to […]