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Air Force

News On F-22 Fate Not Coming By March 1

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Thursday, February 26th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Watchers of Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-22 stealth fighter program hoping to learn by March 1 if the Obama administration plans to continue or terminate the jet's production are out of luck. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell confirmed yesterday the fate of the aircraft program will not be revealed until the detailed fiscal year 2010 defense budget request is submitted to Congress. That submission is expected in April, though the topline defense budget figure will be announced today. "Bottom…

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 […]