Congress
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CongressCongressional Angst Over Single Checkpoint CT Award
Top Democrats and Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are concerned that the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) decision last week to award a production contract to a single vendor […]
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SpaceAir Force Requires $632 Million in Above-Threshold Requirements Funding to Launch New Early Warning Satellites by 2025
As the Air Force continues to develop its next generation of early missile warning satellites, it requires an additional $632 million in fiscal year 2019 to meet an initial launch […]
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Homeland SecuritySchultz Expects First Polar Security Cutter To Cost About $925 Million
The first of at least three new heavy polar icebreakers that the Coast Guard plans to soon put under contract will cost about $925 million with the follow-on Polar Security […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers, Indo-Pacom Commander Link Arms Against Fleet Cuts
A pair of lawmakers from important Navy-heavy districts on Wednesday enlisted help from the head of Indo-Pacific command to slow shrinkage of the U.S. attack-submarine fleet, and prevent the early […]
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SpaceHASC Strategic Forces Chair: ‘Prospects Could Hardly Be Brighter’ for Space Force
The possibility of the House voting favorably to stand up a new Space Force branch under the Air Force in the fiscal year 2020 budget is not inconceivable, Rep. Jim […]
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BudgetHASC Member Cooper Says FY ’20 Defense Topline Likely to be $733 Billion
As lawmakers mull the Department of Defense’s recently released $750 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2020, the leader of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) Strategic Forces subcommittee believes […]
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CongressNew Mexico Lawmakers Want New Space Development Agency in State
Two senators and three representatives from New Mexico are pushing for the Pentagon to consider the southwestern state for the future home of the Space Development Agency. Sens. Tom Udall […]
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CongressHASC Member Urges Trump to Locate New Space Command in Louisiana
A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Republican from Louisiana is the latest congressman to pitch his state as the future home for the new U.S. Space Command. The Pelican State […]
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CyberDoD Working Normalize Cyber Security Support For Homeland, Rapuano Says
The Defense Department continues to work through its policies and procedures for providing cyber security support to domestic agencies and entities in response to congressional and executive direction, a senior […]
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CyberFight Against Russian Interference In 2018 Elections A Model For Future Engagement, Nakasone Says
Interagency coordination and engaging forward against U.S. adversaries bent on influencing 2018 congressional elections are ways the federal government will conduct future cyber operations to thwart them from interfering in […]