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Space

NASA Bill Approval Won’t Stop Constellation Contracts

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Monday, October 11th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Even after President Barack Obama signs the NASA policy bill into law, contracts with industry for the soon-defunct Constellation program will continue because Congress has not yet passed accompanying appropriations legislation for the space agency. Obama was expected last Friday to sign the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 at any time. Congress presented the legislation to him on Sept. 30, the day before fiscal year 2011 started, and he has 10 days to…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]