Budget
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Air ForceHASC-Approved Authorization Bill Wants Notification Of EELV ‘Block Buy’ Changes
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal year 2015 authorization bill approved May 14 includes language requiring the Air Force provide notification of changes to its “block […]
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BudgetAnalysts See Early 2015 As Window To Reform Defense Spending
There is a short window of time early next year when the White House, Pentagon, Congress and advocacy groups could get together and work out a comprehensive plan to rein […]
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BudgetDefense Analysts Slam HASC Bill as Reflecting ‘Parallel Future’ with Higher Toplines
A group of defense budget analysts on Wednesday criticized the House Armed Services Committee’s annual defense bill for gutting readiness, putting pork over operations and attempting to circumvent sequestration spending […]
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BudgetFrelinghuysen: HAC-D Bill Won’t Move Forward Until Administration Clarifies OCO Request
With the House Armed Services Committee done with its defense bill and awaiting floor debate, the House Appropriations defense subcommittee staff will have the guidance it needs to complete its […]
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BudgetHagel ‘Not Pleased’ With House Budget Markup, Spokesman Says
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is “not pleased” with the defense authorization bill passed by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) earlier this week and is hopeful that as the budget […]
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BudgetHASC Saves A-10 Fleet, Adds 8 MQ-9s For Air Force, Freezes Nat’l Guard Apache Transfer
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted 61-0 to move its annual defense bill to the House floor, after a 14-hour markup that reversed several cuts the Pentagon tried to […]
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BudgetHASC Markup Limits AWACS Divestment, Voices Support for Energy Weapons
The House Armed Services Committee is still working on its Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Bill but has thus far passed amendments to encourage work on several energy weapons, […]
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Air ForceIn NDAA, Navy Procurement Would Pull Funds From Air Force, Assumed Service Contract Savings
The Navy was the clear winner in the post-Asia-pivot defense authorization bill the House Armed Services Committee released Monday, with the Navy procurement account gaining $1.36 billion – more than […]
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BudgetFY ’15 NDAA Adds $1.3 Billion to Procurement; Funds CVN-73 Refueling, LPD-28, U-2 Fleet
The House Armed Services Committee released a defense authorization bill that saves many of the programs the Defense Department wanted to cut, adds funding for ballistic missile defense and space-related […]
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ArmyMany Issues Unresolved, Unclear Going Into HASC Full Committee Markup
The House Armed Services Committee will release its full Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act language Monday morning, which will include the marked-up subcommittee language passed April 30 and […]