:

Budget

Obama Administration Issues Final Rules For Export Control Reform

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

SHARE:

The Obama administration yesterday moved forward its export control reform initiative by publishing in the Federal Register the final rules describing how U.S. Munitions List (USML) items will transition over to the more flexible Commerce Control List (CCL) as well as specific revisions to USML Categories VIII (aircraft and related equipment) and XIX (aircraft engines and related equipment). The State Department issued a rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise four USML categories and provide new…

Congress

HASC Bill Would Allow Air Force To Buy More Than 267 F-15EXs

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill would allow the Air Force to buy more than 267 F-15EX fighters by Boeing [BA] and would extend the […]

Budget

Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG

The final version of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill included two amendments pushed by Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) that restrict procuring Navy warships […]

Congress

Replacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says

As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]

Congress

HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has approved its $1.15 trillion version of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the panel moving to adopt a bipartisan […]