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CongressDebt Limit Deal Sets FY ‘24 Defense Topline At $886 Billion, Gets Some GOP Pushback
The final debt limit deal negotiated between House Republican leaders and the White House that sets an $886 billion defense topline for fiscal year 2024 has received pushback from some […]
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Business/FinancialContractors Asking About Prompt Payment Act, As Default Specter Looms
Unlike a federal government shutdown, a default would not halt fiscal 2023 appropriations, and large defense contractors’ cash reserves could help tide those companies over, yet downstream effects of a […]
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Air ForceRogers Wants Near Term USAF Affirmation of 2021 Choice of Redstone Arsenal As Base for U.S. Space Command
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) is pressing DoD and the U.S. Air Force to affirm the 2021 selection of Redstone Arsenal, Ala., as the permanent base […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Committee Joins Armed Services Panel in Postponing Budget Markups
The House Appropriations Committee postponed markups of several fiscal year 2024 spending bills with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairwoman said Monday. Citing ongoing negotiations between the administration and […]
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InternationalReports DoD Overvalued Aid To Ukraine By $3 Billion Are ‘Extremely Problematic,’ Lawmakers Say
The leaders of national security committees in the House have called reports that the Pentagon miscalculated the value of weapons aid provided to Ukraine by $3 billion “extremely problematic, to […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Add $2 Billion For Border Wall; Fund Commercial Icebreaker
A House Appropriations panel on Thursday approved a $62.8 billion funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that provides $2.1 billion to restart the building of a security wall […]
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CongressBi-Partisan Bill Introduced to Sustain Air National Guard Fighter Squadrons
Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), and John James (R-Mich.) have introduced a measure to sustain Air National Guard […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Panel Advances Commercial Satellite Cybersecurity Bill
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill aimed at helping commercial satellite companies, in particular small businesses, strengthen the cybersecurity of their systems […]
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InternationalU.S. Working On $500 Million Weapons Drawdown Package For Taiwan, Austin Confirms
The Biden administration is currently working on finalizing a $500 million weapons package for Taiwan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed to lawmakers on Tuesday. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), vice chair […]
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SpaceDoD Seeks New Authorities To Meet Growing Commercial Launch Demand At Space Ports
The Defense Department in April proposed new legislative authorities that would allow it to begin charging commercial launch providers additional costs for the use of its space ports to help […]
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