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Air Force

HASC Eyes F-35 Second Engine, Amphibious Vehicle, Missile Defense Changes

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Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

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By Emelie Rutherford The first signs of how Congress wants to tweak the Pentagon's budget proposal emerged yesterday, when the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) unveiled plans to potentially revive the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine, limit amphibious-vehicle spending, and boost missile-defense funding. The HASC subcommittees today will start marking up portions of the policy-setting defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2012, which starts Oct. 1. It unveiled most of its subcommittee's proposed pieces of legislation yesterday. The Tactical…

Congress

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

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

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

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

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

The House will leave for the Fourth of July recess without moving forward on its $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with a procedural vote to […]