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CongressSenate Passes $886 Billion FY ‘24 NDAA, As Debate Awaits With The House
The Senate on Thursday voted 86-11 to pass its $886 billion fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with negotiations now looming with the House to settle on a […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Advance $831.8 Billion FY ‘24 Defense Spending Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) on Thursday voted near unanimously to advance its $831.8 billion fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill. The bill factors in $8 billion for emergency spending […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Committee Advances AUKUS Sub Transfers, ITAR Exemptions While Wicker Holds Up Senate Side For Sub Funds
The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week advanced three bills authorizing the Biden administration to sell two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) to Australia and exempt AUKUS partners Australia and the […]
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CongressSenate Adds ‘Buy America’ Amendment For Navy Ship Components To NDAA, Set To Pass Bill Next Week
The Senate has adopted an amendment to its version of the next defense policy bill requiring that by 2033 certain components on new ships the Navy purchases be built entirely […]
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Senate Appropriators’ Deal To Boost Spending Above Debt Limit Caps Includes $8 Billion More For Defense
The leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee have reached an agreement to add $13.7 billion in emergency funding for fiscal year 2024 above spending levels set by the debt ceiling […]
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CyberNew Defense Bills Key To U.S. Cyber Command’s Readiness, Nominee Says
The fiscal year 2024 defense policy and spending bills before Congress would provide U.S. Cyber Command with the acquisition, budget, and policy authorities it needs to help solve readiness and […]
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CongressSenate Begins Considering NDAA, Schumer Aims To Complete Bill Before August
The Senate on Wednesday began considering the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, with the upper chamber’s majority leader looking to complete work on the bill by the end […]
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CongressSenate Homeland Panel Authorizes Hiring New CBP Officers
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would enable Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire at least 600 new officers annually to […]
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CongressCentral DoD Data Repository Critical for Pentagon AI Applications, AI Company Founder Says
Pentagon data centralization is crucial to the future of military artificial intelligence (AI) applications, an AI entrepreneur told a congressional hearing on July 18th. “AI systems are only as good […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Authorizers Push For AUKUS Oversight While Foreign Relations Committee Looks To Authorize SSN Transfers
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill included several provisions to add oversight to the AUKUS agreement to help Australia gain nuclear-powered attack submarines. One […]