Budget
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Air ForceCuts To Procurement In FY ’17 Could Be Largely Healed By Congress That Favors Aviation, Shipbuilding
Congress is likely to alleviate the drubbing that platform procurement, particularly aircraft programs, took in the Defense Department’s fiscal 2017 budget request, according to a review of the spending plan […]
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Air ForceDecision to Retain A-10 Leaves Air Force in F-35 Maintenance Bind
Because of a shortfall of active duty maintainers, the Air Force will rely on contractor-provided maintenance support for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training units, its chief of staff Gen. Mark […]
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Air ForcePentagon Budget Officials Wanted $17 Billion More For FY ’17 Budget
The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled the $582.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017, a sum that conforms to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement and includes $523.9 billion in base spending […]
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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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BudgetDHS Trims Discretionary Budget In FY ’17 Request, Proposes New CBRNE Office
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday asked Congress for $40.6 billion in discretionary spending in FY ’17, a nearly 1 percent increase from the $41 billion Congress provided […]
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BudgetWhite House Proposing Major Increase In Federal Cyber Security Spending
The Obama administration today will propose a federal budget request for FY ’17 that includes more than $19 billion for cyber security efforts, a 35 percent increase over FY ’16 […]
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BudgetMcCain, Reed Slam LCS Mission Modules
The two top senators on the armed services committee called for the Navy to reevaluate its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) deployment strategy, citing concerns about the ship’s mission modules for […]
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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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BudgetNeller Confirms Navy to Request LHA-8 in FY ’17 Budget
The president’s 2017 budget request will include funding for LHA-8, the third America-class amphibious assault ship, Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller confirmed on Thursday. That ship will help the Navy […]
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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 […]