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Air Force

F-22 Vote Temporarily Set Aside As Obama Keeps Two Jet Issues On Veto List

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Thursday, July 16th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Senate set aside a contentious vote on buying F-22 jets because of a battle over unrelated legislation yesterday, while the White House again dubbed funds in the defense bill for F-22s and the F-35 alternate engine as veto bait. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) yesterday morning withdrew the amendment he filed with panel Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) to strike from the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill $1.75 billion to buy…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

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 […]

Congress

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 […]