The Senate Armed Services Committee began marking up its Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday morning, with five of its six subcommittees completing their markups on a bill not yet released to the public. The Airland subcommittee approved a $40.7 billion section of text, which included $31.5 billion for procurement and $9.3 billion in research and development funds, Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said. He noted this was a net decrease of $10.2 million compared to…
