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Air Force

McCain Wants LCS Delay To Study Dual-Buy Plan; SAC Funds F-35 Engine

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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called yesterday for the Navy to further delay a contract award for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program until early 2011 so lawmakers and analysts can better evaluate the service's proposal to buy vessels from two competing shipbuilders instead of one. McCain, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), complained during a hearing on the proposed LCS acquisition change about multiple delays, changes and cost increases with the rocky shipbuilding program over…

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 […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]