Budget
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CongressMcConnell: $900 Billion Defense Topline ‘Not Nearly Enough,’ Calls For ‘Significant’ Increase
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has offered the most extensive insight to date on his priorities as he takes over the Defense Appropriations chairmanship, to include encouraging the incoming Trump administration […]
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Missile DefenseFinal Defense Authorization Bill Orders East Coast Missile Defense Site
The House and Senate conference version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a House provision requiring DoD establish a third missile defense interceptor site on the East […]
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Navy/USMCSenate’s LSM Amphib Limits Win In Final NDAA
The Senate’s version on limitations for the future Medium Landing Ship (LSM) for the Navy and Marine Corps won out in the final FY 2025 defense authorization bill, requiring the […]
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BudgetSullivan Outlines Roadmap For Trump, Future Administrations To Continue Strengthening Defense Industrial Base
The Biden administration combined with bipartisan congressional support have launched a resurgence of the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) but it will take decades of continued effort that requires a […]
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Air ForceTwo SASC Democrats Urge Biden Policy Directive Barring Unauthorized Use of Military for Deportations
On Nov. 18, President-elect Trump responded, “True!”, to a post on his Truth Social network by the president of the right wing organization, Judicial Watch, that praised a possible national […]
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Navy/USMCWhite House Requests $7.3 Billion To Keep Funding Columbia, Virginia Sub Construction Shortfall
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday requested another $7.3 billion from Congress to continue to build the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and cover shortfalls […]
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Business/FinancialPalantir’s CTO Sankar Issues Treatise On Reforming DoD Acquisition
A top Palantir [PLTR] executive last week offered a sweeping set of recommendations—he calls them theses—for transforming the way the Defense Departments buys weapons and systems, and how U.S. industry […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Push OMB To Assess New Sub Funding Idea, Knock Navy On Hill Comms
A bipartisan group of senators expressed cautious optimism at a scheme to shift submarine funding to improve current production rates but also knocked the Navy for insufficient communication with Congress […]
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BudgetSpecial Aerospace Services Adds Missile And Hypersonic Weapons Company To Portfolio
Special Aerospace Services (SAS) on Monday said it has acquired Concordia Technologies, which has expertise in hypersonic weapons and missile defense modeling and simulation, a deal that adds to its […]
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Air ForceLeidos-Developed Small Cruise Missile Eyed For SOCOM Funding
A low-cost cruise missile in the final stages of development by Leidos [LDOS] has made the cut line for funding by U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) and is being requested […]