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House Panel Approves Bills On TSA Acquisition, Cyber Workforce, Critical Infrastructure R&D

Gally Articola

Wednesday, October 30th, 2013

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The House Homeland Security Committee yesterday marked up and unanimously approved a series of bills aimed at improving the acquisition process at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), assessing the cyber security workforce within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), bolstering research and development (R&D) to protect critical infrastructures and more. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The Transportation Security Reform Act (H.R. 2719), which was sponsored by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), would require the agency…

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 […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]