Congress
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BudgetHagel Asks Congress for $225 Million Now to Support Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System
The Senate Appropriations Committee added $225 million to its Emergency Supplemental Funding bill for the current fiscal year to support Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system in light of ongoing […]
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CongressSenate Defense Bill Would Allow 12 More Growlers
Senate lawmakers on the defense appropriations panel have added $1.2 billion to the budget for fiscal 2015 that would allow the Navy to purchase 12 of Boeing’s [BA] EA-18G Growler […]
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Air ForceDoD Official Cautions Against Rushing To Fund New Rocket Engine
A top Defense Department official Wednesday warned a joint Senate panel against rushing to fund a next-generation rocket engine when parameters and goals for such a project have yet to […]
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BudgetWittman: Short-Term CR Likely In October, But Confident NDAA Compromise Will Be Reached
The House and Senate armed services committees seem well positioned to work out the differences between their bills this fall, but the political pressure and lack of time that comes […]
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Air ForceMoran Writes to F-35 PEO With Concerns About Fleet Grounding, Future Success
Senior defense appropriator Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) wrote to the head of the Joint Strike Fighter program to question whether the most recent fleet grounding was another in a line […]
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CongressAIA Sends 52 Pages of Acquisition Reform Recommendations to HASC, SASC
Aerospace Industries Association released a 52-page response to the Senate and House armed services committees’ call for input as lawmakers pursue acquisition reform this summer. The group suggested a slew […]
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CongressKendall: Off-the-shelf ACVs Will Need Marine-Specific Comms; Might Modify Vehicles’ Weapons
The off-the-shelf strategy to procure the Marines’ first increment of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) will save money compared to previous acquisition strategies, but the service will require at least a […]
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Air ForceKendall: F-35 Engine Failure Appears Unique, Not a Systemic Problem, Based on Early Evidence
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall told lawmakers that early evidence suggests a recent F-35 engine failure was a single-engine issue, not a systemic problem–but he made clear the Defense Department […]
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Business/FinancialKendall: Bell Helicopter Overcharging DLA for Spares Appears to be Fraud
The Defense Department Office of Inspector General found that the Defense Logistics Agency has been paying Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter millions of dollars more than it ought to in a […]
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CongressHouse Passes Bills For Chemical and Border Security, Emergency Communications
The House Tuesday night approved with little opposition several homeland security bills dealing with chemical and border security, and emergency communications. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program Authorization and […]