Congress
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Business/FinancialIndustry Crafting Final Suggestions For DoD Efficiencies Initiative
By Emelie Rutherford A leading defense industry group is working to fine-tune its recommendations for how the Pentagon should go about buying things more efficiently. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) […]
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Air ForceHASC Blocks DoD Attempts To Reduce Funds For UAV, Bomber Aircraft
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers denied the Pentagon’s request to decrease existing funding for aircraft programs for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and bombers. Defense Comptroller Robert Hale sought permission from Congress […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Appropriators Lose At The Polls
By Emelie Rutherford The defense industry lost two congressional backers Tuesday night when Reps. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) and Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.) failed in their bids to return to Congress next […]
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CongressSASC Receptive To Call For Bigger Navy Fleet
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) gave a welcome reception yesterday to an influential panel’s call for building more Navy ships through the daunting task of increasing […]
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Business/Financial
Industry Raises Concerns With Navy Preferred Supplier Proposal
By Emelie Rutherford An industry group is warning a program the Navy is developing for granting some contractors "preferred supplier" status could inappropriately exclude smaller companies from contract competitions. The […]
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Air Force
Independent QDR Panel: Modernization Needs Call For Bigger DoD Budget
By Emelie Rutherford The overall size of the defense budget likely needs to be increased to modernize equipment, the heads of an independent panel that critiqued the Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial […]
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Air Force
House Sends Obama War Supplemental With $4.9 Billion In Procurement
By Emelie Rutherford The House, via a 308-114 vote, granted final congressional approval yesterday to the long-delayed war-funding bill, after lawmakers agreed to remove much of the domestic spending tacked on to […]
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Air Force
HAC-D Overrides Chairman, DoD In Backing F-35 Second Engine
By Emelie Rutherford A key House panel approved a $523.9 billion Pentagon spending bill yesterday with funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine, a move that could bode […]
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Congress
Senate Appropriators Seek Risk Assessment For Rail Transit Security
By Calvin Biesecker Senate Appropriators have agreed to fully fund the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) FY ’11 budget request for surface transportation security but are fencing $50 million in funds […]
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Congress
Senate Committee Warns Coast Guard NSC Two Years Behind Schedule
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) program is already two years behind schedule and risks falling further behind if long-lead funding for the sixth vessel isn’t […]