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Air Force

DoD, NASA Request Nearly $44 Billion In Future Launch Funding, GAO Says

Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

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The Defense Department and NASA together are expected to require nearly $44 billion for launch-related activities from fiscal years 2014 through 2018, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released this week. GAO said procurement funding represents about $28 billion, some 65 percent, of this total, while research development test and evaluation (RDT&E) constitutes approximately $11 billion, or 26 percent. Both DoD and NASA anticipate that procurement funding needs will increase over the five-year period, with DoD planning for…

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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 […]