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Air Force

Cuts To Procurement In FY ’17 Could Be Largely Healed By Congress That Favors Aviation, Shipbuilding

Friday, February 12th, 2016

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Cuts To Procurement In FY ’17 Could Be Largely Healed By Congress That Favors Aviation, Shipbuilding

Congress is likely to alleviate the drubbing that platform procurement, particularly aircraft programs, took in the Defense Department’s fiscal 2017 budget request, according to a review of the spending plan by Avascent Analytics Managing Director Doug Berenson.Pentagon budgeters cut most major procurement and modernization portfolios in the budget pitched Feb. 9 to pay for near-term war fighting capabilities. But Congress has established a routine of adding significant funding to aviation, shipbuilding and ground vehicle programs, in its final appropriation, Berenson…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]