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House Panel Reveals Draft of FY ’16 Defense Appropriations Bill

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

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House Panel Reveals Draft of FY ’16 Defense Appropriations Bill

The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee on May 19 released its draft of the appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016. While the draft is in line with the House defense authorization bill that was approved last week, it diverges notably in funding for extra fighter jets and electronic warfare planes for the services.The bill contains $578.6 billion in discretionary funding, with $88.4 billion designated for the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account that pays for wartime expenses. Like the House's National…

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]