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House Transportation And Infrastructure Panel Approves Coast Guard Authorization Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 24th, 2017

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House Transportation And Infrastructure Panel Approves Coast Guard Authorization Bill

The House Transportation and Infrastructure on Wednesday approved by voice vote a two-year authorization bill for the Coast Guard that would allow for nearly $2 billion to be spent by the service on acquisition efforts in both FY ’18 and FY ’19.The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 (H.R. 2518) would also require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a land-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) program that is controlled by the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard doesn’t currently operate…

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 […]