Budget
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SpaceDespite Space Concerns, HAC Cuts Back on Air Force Space R&D Citing Underexecution
The House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2020 draft defense appropriations bill cuts Air Force funding for space procurement and research-and-development (R&D) programs compared to what the service requested, despite lawmakers’ […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Plus-Up Air Force Fighters In FY ’20 Defense Markup
House appropriators are considering providing the Air Force with 68 new fighter jets in the fiscal year 2020 defense bill, while cutting funding for several high-profile next-generation research-and-development programs. The […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Subcommittee’s DoE Budget Would Tap Brakes on New ICBMs
A proposed Department of Energy nuclear weapons budget due for a Committee vote in the House Tuesday would tap the brakes forcefully on the next land-based, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) […]
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SpaceHAC Draft Defense Bill Is Cautious on Space Force, SDA Efforts
The House Appropriations Committee’s recently released fiscal year 2020 draft defense bill funds various Air Force space efforts, but also places holds on Pentagon-wide space endeavors including the Space Force […]
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Air ForceHouse Appropriations’ Draft Defense Bill Funds New F-15s and Extra F-35s
The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) released its draft fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill May 14, with plans to fully fund the Air Force’s request for new F-15EX fighter jets […]
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ArmyDraft House Bill Proposes Fully Funding Army’s Long-Range Precision Fires Request, Increased Stryker Upgrade Spending
The House Appropriations Committee’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget would fully fund development of the Army’s top modernization priority, long-range precision fires, and increase spending required to upgrade Stryker vehicles […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Rejects White House’s NNSA Budget Request, Proposes $15.9 Billion for Nukes in 2020
The House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee would deliver an emphatic “no” to the Trump administration’s 2020 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration, if a $15.9 billion […]
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ArmyHASC Member Presses Army on Supply Chain Impact of Delaying Chinook Block II Upgrades
A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member pushed the Army’s likely next chief of staff to consider the potential supply chain impact of delaying upgrades to the service’s CH-47F Chinook […]
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CongressHouse Members Send Bipartisan Letter Pushing for More C-130Js in FY ’20 Budget
Over 60 House members sent a letter May 8 to the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) requesting an additional eight C-130J […]
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ArmyMcConville: Continuing Resolution Would Delay 118 Army Programs
The Army’s vice chief of staff told a Senate panel Thursday a potential continuing resolution (CR) to fund the service in fiscal year 2020 would affect 118 programs, including delays […]