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Army

PODCAST: Military Helicopters – The Battle for Future Vertical Lift

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

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It's episode 2 of Defense Daily's new podcast series, THE BUSINESS END, and we're talking Future Vertical Lift, or FVL — one of the U.S. Army's six top modernization priorities, through which the service hopes to replace its entire fleet of aging helicopters with faster, more survivable modern variants. John Robinson is joined by Dan Parsons, who previously worked as Defense Daily's Army reporter and now runs sister publication Rotor & Wing International. John and Dan discuss the different pieces of…

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 […]