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CongressRep. Banks Wants DoD To Consider Creating Panel To Revitalize DIB
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday approved a provision that would direct the Defense Department to study whether it should create a panel of stakeholders and experts to […]
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SpaceSen. Warren Pressing DoD to Help Nix Russian Use of Starlink
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants a forthcoming DoD contract renewal with SpaceX for Starlink in Ukraine to have provisions to help nix Russian black market-enabled use of the communications service. […]
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ArmyHASC’s Drone Corps Proposal May Disrupt Ongoing Army Efforts, Camarillo Says
The Army’s no. 2 civilian said Friday a proposal from the House Armed Services Committee to establish a Drone Corps within the service “could take away some focus” and might […]
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PentagonAIA Argues for Reduction of Barriers to International Defense Cooperation
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) wants Congress in the upcoming fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill to reduce barriers to cooperation with foreign allies and partners to help fulfill current and […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Plan To Stick To $895 Billion FY ’25 Defense Spending Cap
The House Appropriations Committee plans to adhere to the $895 billion defense spending cap imposed by last year’s debt limit deal as it looks to begin marking up fiscal year […]
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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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