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Congress

Defense Costs To Outstrip Funds Available; Immediate, Long-Range, Needs Clash

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Monday, August 25th, 2008

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The U.S. military procurement effort faces an immense disconnect between funding needs and available financing, complicated by new emerging threats such as the loss of sanctuary in space and the ability to assume that satellites and other assets are safe there. A further complication involves a long-standing conflict between urgently immediate requirements of combatant commanders versus the need to procure assets to meet long-range needs. These were some of the unsettling points aired in an hours-long symposium of the Center…

Congress

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

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Congress

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

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Congress

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

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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 […]