Budget
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Budget
McCain Seeks LCS Cost Controls
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to add more-stringent cost controls on Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program to Pentagon policy legislation later this year. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) […]
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Budget
Huntington Ingalls Forming Coalition For Amphibious Warships
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] is in the process of forming an industrial coalition of companies involved in the construction and supply chain of Navy and Marine Corps amphibious warships, according […]
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Air Force
Durbin Wants To Publicize F-35 Developments Wednesday
The head of a Senate panel that will quiz Pentagon leaders on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Wednesday said he wants to air developments with the program that he […]
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Budget
House Passes Defense Policy Bill
The House passed the annual defense authorization bill via a 315-108 margin last Friday, after adding a requirement to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan and rejecting members’ attempts to […]
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Air Force
SASC Seeks LCS, Presidential Helo Oversight
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) detailed on Friday the funding cuts and reforms it is seeking–to efforts including the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and presidential helicopter–in the fiscal year […]
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Budget
DoD Looking ‘Specifically’ At Retaining Key Industry Talent, Lambert Says
The Defense Department is looking “very specifically” at slowing the exodus of key talent from the aerospace industrial base, according to DoD’s senior industrial policy official. Deputy Assistant Secretary of […]
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Army
HAC Report Boosts Future Army Weapons Tech
The House Appropriations Committee recommends boosting funding for Army efforts in future weapons and munitions technology to ensure soldiers retain their lethal edge and remain survivable during these uncertain fiscal […]
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Budget
House Starts Debating DoD Authorization Bill
The House began debating a slew of amendments to the Pentagon policy bill Thursday, clashing over funding for items including aircraft carriers. Shortly after the House kicked off floor debate […]
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Air Force
SASC Backs F-35, Pushes Back On East Coast Missile Site
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved a defense policy bill Thursday that supports the Pentagon’s request for buying F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), while scaling […]
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Budget
DoD May Have Cyber Unified Combatant Command Someday, Just Not Yet, Carter Says
The Defense Department may someday have its own cyber unified combatant command like U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), but it is not ready for that at this time, according to […]