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CongressHASC Advances $883.7 Billion FY ‘25 NDAA After More Debate On Sentinel, East Coast GMD Site
The House Armed Services Committee late Wednesday evening voted near unanimously to advance its $883.7 billion version of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. The final vote followed […]
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CongressHASC Begins Markup Of FY ‘25 NDAA, Adopts Additional Sentinel Oversight Measures
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday began considering its $883.7 billion fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, to include adopting additional oversight measures for the Sentinel future intercontinental […]
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CongressRep. Banks Wants DoD To Consider Creating Panel To Revitalize DIB
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday approved a provision that would direct the Defense Department to study whether it should create a panel of stakeholders and experts to […]
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SpaceSen. Warren Pressing DoD to Help Nix Russian Use of Starlink
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants a forthcoming DoD contract renewal with SpaceX for Starlink in Ukraine to have provisions to help nix Russian black market-enabled use of the communications service. […]
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ArmyHASC’s Drone Corps Proposal May Disrupt Ongoing Army Efforts, Camarillo Says
The Army’s no. 2 civilian said Friday a proposal from the House Armed Services Committee to establish a Drone Corps within the service “could take away some focus” and might […]
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PentagonAIA Argues for Reduction of Barriers to International Defense Cooperation
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) wants Congress in the upcoming fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill to reduce barriers to cooperation with foreign allies and partners to help fulfill current and […]
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BudgetHouse Appropriators Plan To Stick To $895 Billion FY ’25 Defense Spending Cap
The House Appropriations Committee plans to adhere to the $895 billion defense spending cap imposed by last year’s debt limit deal as it looks to begin marking up fiscal year […]
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CongressHASC Draft Bill Offers Another Tool To Elevate Commercial Solutions
Draft defense policy bill language released in the House this week contains a provision that would allow service secretaries to highlight a select number of small business research efforts they […]
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Unmanned SystemsCongress Approves FAA Bill That Extends Counter-Drone Authorities
The House on Tuesday approved a measure authorizing a short-term extension of existing counter-drone authorities for the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice. The counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) authorities remain […]
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BudgetBlumenthal Leads Senate Push Supporting Two SSNs in 2025
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) this week led a bipartisan group of senators in a letter requesting Senate appropriators fund two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) in the fiscal year 2025 budget. […]