Budget
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon to Pick Replicator Contenders in Next Three Weeks
The Pentagon is to pick the Replicator contenders in the next three weeks, and DoD estimates a unit cost in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, as the […]
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CongressHouse Officials Concerned About Manpower Shortages Hampering Coast Guard Operations
The Coast Guard’s ability to fully carry out its missions are being hurt by new manpower shortages coupled with long-standing resource constraints, Republican and Democrat lawmakers said last week. In […]
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BudgetSenate Hearing Shows Few Signs Of Compromise Around Homeland Security Portion Of Supplemental
Senate Appropriations Committee leaders from both parties continue to work on a bipartisan bill to provide funding for Ukraine, Israel, and other needs but the chairwoman of the panel on […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Values U.S. Sub Sales To Australia At $3 Billion Each, Estimates Timelines And Budget Impacts
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate report published Nov. 3 estimates a House bill allowing U.S. submarine sales to Australia would sell at $3 billion each and the overall […]
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Homeland SecurityWhite House Supplemental Request Includes $849 Million For NII Systems At Border
President Joe Biden last Friday sent Congress a $106 billion supplemental funding request largely in support of Ukraine and Israel but that also includes $849 million for Customs and Border […]
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Homeland SecurityNew Algorithm To Lower False Alarms In Body Scanners Is Effective, TSA Official Says
A new algorithm deployed earlier this year to on body scanners at airport security checkpoints is improving security and lowering false alarms, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official said on […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Comptroller Readying For Pain Of “Meat Cleaver” Sequester
The Navy is getting ready for the ‘meat cleaver” of cuts from a sequester if Congress does not pass a new appropriations bill before the new year, the service’s comptroller […]
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Homeland SecurityHouse Passes DHS Funding Bill
The House last Thursday night approved a funding bill that provides $62.8 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, including $2.1 billion toward physical barriers along the […]
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CongressHouse Passes FY ‘24 Defense Spending And Ukraine Aid Bills, CR Vote Fails
The House on Thursday evening passed its $826.5 billion defense spending legislation and a separate bill with $300 million in Ukraine aid, while failing on Friday to approve its stopgap […]
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Business/FinancialNDIA, PSC: Shutdown Would Particularly Harm Small Companies in Defense Industrial Base
A federal government shutdown would particularly harm small companies in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), according to a Sept. 28 letter to congressional leaders from National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) […]
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