Budget
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Air ForceKey KC-46A Tanker System Made Big Progress In Past Few Weeks, Roper Says
A critical component of the Air Force’s KC-46A aerial refueling tanker that has been caught up in a difficult development has made more progress in the past month than in […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders Admit FY 2021 Shipbuilding Cuts Grow Fleet Slower
Navy leaders on Thursday admitted at a hearing that the FY 2021 shipbuilding budget request numbers slows the service’s goal of reaching 355 ships. The Navy’s FY ’21 shipbuilding request […]
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Air ForceGoldfein: ‘Night Court’ Savings Rolled Back to Save COCOMs from Near-Term Risk
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Air Force last year identified $30 billion it had found over the five-year Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) that could be freed up from current programs […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSome W87 Warheads Will Go on GBSD Without Getting New Pits First
The Department of Energy and the Pentagon plan deploy W87-0 warheads, without new plutonium pit cores, on some Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missiles, potentially buying the civilian agency more […]
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BudgetBorder Patrol Prioritizing New AI-Based Sensor Towers, CBP Chief Says
The government’s funding request in fiscal year 2021 for border security technology favors new artificial intelligence (AI)-based tower systems that can autonomously detect illegal border crossing activity, the head of […]
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BudgetArmed Services Chair Says DoE Has Cash Pile, Questions Planned Raid on Pentagon Progs for Nuke Mods
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday began to ink the contours of the 2021 nuclear-weapons budget fight to come, when the committee chair wondered in a hearing why the […]
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BudgetHASC Members Slam DoD Leaders for ‘Anemic’ Shipbuilding Plan in FY ‘21
The top defense civilian and military officials received a stern rebuke from members of the House Armed Services Committee during a Feb. 26 hearing for submitting a new budget request […]
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BudgetPalazzo Laments Lack Of Funding For 12th National Security Cutter In Coast Guard Budget
The Coast Guard needs more funding to protect the homeland, particularly in intercepting drug smugglers at sea, Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) said on Tuesday, and he expressed his disappointment that […]
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BudgetBipartisan Group of Lawmakers Criticize DoD Procurement Reprogramming to Trump’s Border Wall
Lawmakers across Capitol Hill are fighting against the Trump administration’s shift of nearly $4 billion in procurement funding to fund new border wall construction, with multiple defense-oriented Republican members citing […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyTRANSCOM Leader Urges Congress to Fund Aging Air Force Tankers ID’ed for Retirement in 2021
U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) is asking lawmakers to buy back the majority of aging aerial refuelers that had been tagged for rapid retirement in the fiscal year 2021 budget request, […]