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HASC Saves A-10 Fleet, Adds 8 MQ-9s For Air Force, Freezes Nat’l Guard Apache Transfer

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Thursday, May 8th, 2014

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HASC Saves A-10 Fleet, Adds 8 MQ-9s For Air Force, Freezes Nat’l Guard Apache Transfer

The A-10 Thunderbolt II. (Photo: Air Force)

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted 61-0 to move its annual defense bill to the House floor, after a 14-hour markup that reversed several cuts the Pentagon tried to make and largely prioritized having more platforms and a less ready force over a smaller but more prepared military. As the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act markup dragged late into Wednesday night, lawmakers reversed several key decisions that helped keep the Pentagon’s budget under the congressionally mandated $521…

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 […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]