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Air Force

DoD’s $36 Billion Unfunded Priorities List Heavy on Aircraft Procurement, Boosting Readiness

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, April 4th, 2014

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DoD’s $36 Billion Unfunded Priorities List Heavy on Aircraft Procurement, Boosting Readiness

The Marine Corps' short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B performs a vertical landing. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The Defense Department submitted unfunded priorities lists from the services and combatant commanders that total about $36.3 billion to help mitigate the effects of across-the-board cuts and then spending caps since sequestration went into effect in fiscal year 2013. The president’s budget request for FY ’15 stuck to the congressionally mandated spending caps, though the Obama administration also proposed an Opportunity, Growth and Security Initiative (OGSI) that requests $58 billion for discretionary spending above the sequester caps in both defense…

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 […]

Congress

House Heads For Recess Without Moving On NDAA After Procedural Vote Fails

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