Pentagon
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CongressSenate Defense Authorizers Direct Closer Look At DoD Innovation Unit
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) is tasking a government auditing agency to scrutinize a Defense Department office charged with accelerating the adoption of commercial technology, prompted by concerns over […]
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Business/FinancialTech, VC Firms Urge DoD Adopt Commercial Technologies
Commercial technologies are ready for the Defense Department to use but the Pentagon could more quickly take advantage of these products and capabilities by implementing recent recommendations of a bipartisan […]
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Air ForceHouse Appropriators Insist on MYP Cost Savings, Zero EOQ Funding
Since fiscal 2018, Congress has added $1.6 billion to the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding and conversion accounts for warship line items, including the Columbia-class attack submarines, to ramp up production through […]
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Business/FinancialHASC Would Block Biden Proposal Requiring Defense Contractors To Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A Biden administration proposal that would require defense contractors to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and plans to reduce those emissions was rejected by the House Armed Services Committee […]
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PentagonDoD Overvalued Ukraine Aid By $6.2 Billion, Will Use Funds For Future Weapons Packages
The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday it has overvalued weapons aid provided to Ukraine by $6.2 billion, with plans to use the available funds for future security assistance packages. Deputy Pentagon Press […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Threatens To Shutter CAPE Over Amphibious Ship Reviews
The chairman’s draft of the House Armed Services Committee’ fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill threatens to shutter the Office of Cost Estimate and Program Evaluation (CAPE) over disagreements with […]
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PentagonDoD Releases Recommendation From FMS Tiger Team Review
Defense Secretary Austin has approved the recommendations of Defense Department review into accelerating and improving the department’s role in foreign military sales (FMS), with some of the taskings calling for […]
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Air ForceRequested USAF Multi-Year Procurements for JASSM, LRASM, AMRAAM ‘Just a Start,’ Brown Says
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown suggested on June 7 that the Air Force’s fiscal 2024 request for multi-year procurements (MYPs) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
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CongressGOP Move to Insert $18 Billion in Fiscal Responsibility Act for Pentagon UPLs Fails
A move by the U.S. Senate’s GOP caucus to insert $18 billion in the Fiscal Responsibility Act for the Pentagon’s fiscal 2024 Unfunded Priority Lists (UPLs) failed, as the amendment […]
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CongressDebt Ceiling Deal $886 Billion Defense Cap Defines Trade Space; Fate of UPLs Uncertain
The debt ceiling deal’s $886 billion fiscal 2024 defense cap will heighten congressional scrutiny of military service defense budgets this year and will likely mean congressional leaders will have to […]