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Air Force

Despite Budget Uncertainty, Air Force Brass Says Space Programs ‘In Good Position’

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

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Despite looming budget uncertainty and potential additional sequestration cuts, Air Force brass said yesterday they believe the service’s space programs are in a better position than ever. Air Force Deputy Under Secretary for Space Richard McKinney said with the service’s missile warning, Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) and Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite systems in production and a past decade of successful launches, the Air Force’s space programs are flying high. “We have more capability today than we’ve ever had,”…

Senators Push Navy Against Single Destroyer Request In FY ’27

The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the two senators from Maine last week pushed back on Navy officials for only requesting one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer (DDG-51) […]

Navy Looks To Eventually Assemble Battleship At HII Newport News; Faces More Dem Opposition

The Navy told lawmakers this week it found a dry dock at HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard it thinks can use for final assembly of the new Trump-class battleship […]

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through the […]