:

Congress

Compromise DoD Authorization Bill Moves To House, Approps Deal Takes Shape

DDN

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

SHARE:

By Emelie Rutherford House and Senate appropriators reached an unofficial conference agreement on the fiscal year 2009 defense appropriations bill last Friday, and agreed to include partial procurement funding for a DDG-1000 destroyer and an LPD-17 amphibious ship, House Appropriations Defense subcommittee Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) said yesterday. In addition, House-Senate negotiators on the defense authorization bill agreed to a compromise measure early this week, and the House likely will vote on the policy measure today. The House Armed Services…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]