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Air Force

CSBA: If Historical Trends Applied, Defense Budget Would Drop to $415 Billion In Drawdown

Mai Hanoon

Friday, October 25th, 2013

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Pentagon officials and many lawmakers agree that constrained spending due to sequestration cuts is harmful to military readiness and to the defense industrial base, but that spending level actually represents a less painful drawdown than the military has seen in recent history, according to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Presenting his new report, “Chaos and Uncertainty: The FY2014 Defense Budget and Beyond,” CSBA senior fellow for defense budget studies Todd Harrison told reporters that, based on historical data,…

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 […]