Congress
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CongressBorder Security, Deepwater Fare Well In Homeland Security Appropriations Conference
By Calvin Biesecker House and Senate conferees yesterday approved an FY ’10 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill that would boost discretionary spending nearly 7 percent to $42.8 billion and provides strong […]
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Air ForceHill Negotiators Keep F-35 Engine In DoD Bill; Levin Sees No Veto
By Emelie Rutherford House and Senate negotiators plan to announce today authorization for continuing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s second engine is in their compromise Pentagon authorization bill, a move […]
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Air Force
Senate Approves DoD Approps Bill With 10 C-17 Cargo Planes
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate passed a $626 billion fiscal year 2010 Pentagon appropriations bill last night by a 93-7 margin after rejecting an attempt to delete from it 10 […]
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Congress
Senate Takes Up NASA Bill With More Constellation Money Than House Plan
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate considered a NASA spending bill yesterday with more exploration monies than a House version that would delay funding until a blue-ribbon panel offers manned-spaceflight options […]
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Air Force
Defense Approps Nears Senate Passage
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate neared final passage of the defense appropriations bill last night after accepting amendments including one requiring the Pentagon report to Congress on ground-based interceptor missiles. […]
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Air Force
Congress Squabbles Over DoD Budget Bills As Fiscal Year Starts
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers continued debating the Pentagon’s two budget bills yesterday, hashing out whether to include controversial funding for C-17 cargo aircraft and a second engine for the F-35 […]
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Business/FinancialMarines Corps Looking At More Than Forcible Entry For EFV Role
By Geoff Fein LIMA, Ohio–General Dynamics‘ [GD] Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle [EFV] is moving beyond just a forcible entry capability from the sea to providing Marines speed, maneuverability and protection that […]
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Congress
Work Well Underway On New Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Prototypes
By Emelie Rutherford While it remains to be seen how the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) fares in a major Pentagon review, the Marine Corps is making progress developing reconfigured prototypes […]
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Air Force
Inouye Stands Behind F-35 Second Engine, Exportable F-22
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate’s lead appropriator said last Friday he hopes the final defense appropriations bill being readied for the White House will fund the F-35’s second engine program […]
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Business/Financial
Lieberman Suggests Separating Contract Auditing Agency From DoD
By Calvin Biesecker Problems uncovered a year ago at some of the auditing offices of the Pentagon agency that scrutinizes defense contracts turn out to be more widespread throughout the […]