Congress
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CongressSASC Receptive To Call For Bigger Navy Fleet
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) gave a welcome reception yesterday to an influential panel’s call for building more Navy ships through the daunting task of increasing […]
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Business/FinancialIndustry Raises Concerns With Navy Preferred Supplier Proposal
By Emelie Rutherford An industry group is warning a program the Navy is developing for granting some contractors "preferred supplier" status could inappropriately exclude smaller companies from contract competitions. The […]
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Air ForceIndependent QDR Panel: Modernization Needs Call For Bigger DoD Budget
By Emelie Rutherford The overall size of the defense budget likely needs to be increased to modernize equipment, the heads of an independent panel that critiqued the Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial […]
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Air Force
House Sends Obama War Supplemental With $4.9 Billion In Procurement
By Emelie Rutherford The House, via a 308-114 vote, granted final congressional approval yesterday to the long-delayed war-funding bill, after lawmakers agreed to remove much of the domestic spending tacked on to […]
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Air Force
HAC-D Overrides Chairman, DoD In Backing F-35 Second Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A key House panel approved a $523.9 billion Pentagon spending bill yesterday with funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine, a move that could bode […]
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Congress
Senate Appropriators Seek Risk Assessment For Rail Transit Security
By Calvin Biesecker Senate Appropriators have agreed to fully fund the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) FY ’11 budget request for surface transportation security but are fencing $50 million in funds […]
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Congress
Senate Committee Warns Coast Guard NSC Two Years Behind Schedule
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) program is already two years behind schedule and risks falling further behind if long-lead funding for the sixth vessel isn’t […]
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Congress
DHS Developing Plans For BUR Initiatives Support FY ’12 Request, Lute Says
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing plans to implement the 44 initiatives and enhancements contained in its new Bottom Up Review (BUR) in support of […]
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Congress
Senate Appropriators Approve $43.8 Billion Homeland Security Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a $43.8 billion FY ’11 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the mark-up of the bill by the Homeland Security […]
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Congress
UAS Pilot, Sensor Operator Shortages Are Near-Term Challenges For CBP
By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operates the second largest fleet of Predator unmanned aircraft systems behind the Air Force and has amassed nearly 7,000 flight hours on […]