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Deepwater Asset Costs Exceed $24 Billion Program Baseline By $2 Billion, Rep. Cummings Says

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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The total combined estimated costs of all the assets that make up the Coast Guard's Deepwater modernization program are more than $2 billion higher than the projected $24 billion baseline for the Deepwater effort, the chairman of a House panel that oversees the service said yesterday. "What won't be done?" Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard, asked the service. Coast Guard Acquisition Chief Rear Adm. Gary Blore acknowledged…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]