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Air Force

HASC: OSD Money Would Hinge on Carrier Refueling; Funding for Rocket Motor Authorized

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

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HASC: OSD Money Would Hinge on Carrier Refueling; Funding for Rocket Motor Authorized

The House Armed Services Committee would withhold half the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s money until the Navy begins planning the refueling and complex overhaul of its aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73), if the seapower and projection forces subcommittee language passes the full committee next week and the full House of Representatives later in May. In a single sentence within the subcommittee’s section of the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, chairman Randy Forbes (R-Va.) directs “not…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]

‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]