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SAC OK’s DoD Plan With Weapon Adds As Hill Plans Temp Budget

Julie Samuel

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

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A Senate panel approved a $511 billion defense budget yesterday that adds funds for ships, tanks and aircraft to the Pentagon’s budget proposal while supporting a controversial missile-defense program supported by the administration but opposed elsewhere in Congress. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) passed its version of the fiscal year 2013 defense appropriations bill yesterday as Congress prepared to recess until the second week of September. When the House and Senate return to Washington they are expected to pass a…

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]