Pentagon
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BudgetNavy’s $33.3 Billion Procurement Budget For FY ’17 Contains Less Funding For Aircraft, Shipbuilding Than FY16
The Navy on Tuesday released its $164.9 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017, which includes $33.3 billion for ship, aircraft and weapon procurement. The service emphasized increasing its investments […]
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PentagonAdministration Requests $12.9 Billion for NNSA in FY ’17
The White House’s fiscal 2017 budget request released today increases proposed funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to $12.9 billion. The $4.15 trillion budget boosts NNSA funding from […]
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ArmyArmy Cuts Procurement Deeply To Pay For Readiness In FY ’17 Budget Request
The Army in its fiscal 2017 budget request accepted deep cuts to procurement and modernization in support of increased funding for near-term investments in readiness of personnel and equipment to […]
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InternationalF-35A Completes First Transatlantic Ocean Crossing
An Italian Air Force F-35A on Friday afternoon completed the first transatlantic Ocean crossing, arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., from Cameri Air Base, Italy, according to a […]
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CongressSenators Introduce Bill to Accelerate Acquisition of Electronic Warfare Tech
Lawmakers on Thursday proposed new legislation that would give the Defense Department more funding flexibility for electronic warfare technologies as well as new tools to speed up acquisition. The Electronic […]
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ArmyPentagon, Studies Agree: Army Has Too Few Soldiers And Lacks Adequate Equipment For Fight With Russia
The 30,000 U.S. troops in Europe pose little credible deterrence to a Russian of NATO’s eastern flank, a reality trumpeted by Army commanders and backed up by a spate of […]
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BudgetFunding for Anti-Ship SM-6, Additional F-35Cs and F-18s Included in Budget, Carter Says
During his trip to California this week, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter detailed a number of shipbuilding, aviation and munitions investments from the fiscal 2017 budget request, including a plan to […]
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ArmyU.S. Commander: U.S.-Built Airframe Should Replace Afghan Air Force’s Russian Helicopters
The Afghan Air Force’s (AAF) Russian-built helicopters are wearing out flying close air support missions against the Taliban and need to be replaced with new airframes that the U.S. government […]
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PentagonReport: Cuts to Nuclear Modernization Could Save $120 Billion
Significant cuts to the U.S. nuclear modernization program, including the cancellation of the B61 gravity bomb consolidation and new cruise missile programs, could save the U.S. $120 billion over the […]
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BudgetFY ’17 Defense Budget Adds $2 Billion Over 5 Years for Tomahawk Program, Extending Production Line
For the past two years, the Tomahawk cruise missile program has faced potential procurement numbers too low to meet the minimum sustaining rate and the threat of a production line […]