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Proposed Reshuffling of Nuclear Modernization Funds Won’t Hurt USAF, Service Chief Says

Wednesday, March 4th, 2020

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Proposed Reshuffling of Nuclear Modernization Funds Won’t Hurt USAF, Service Chief Says

The Air Force will not be affected in fiscal year 2021 if Congress approves the White House’s plan to short the Pentagon budget by $2.5 billion to increase the National Nuclear Security Administration civilian nuclear-weapons budgets by 25% year-over-year, the service’s chief of staff said Wednesday. “The $2.5 [billion] didn’t have an impact on the Air Force, ” Air Force Gen. David Goldfein, the service’s chief of staff, told Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) during a Wednesday hearing of the House…

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]