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SASC Plans Anti-Counterfeit Parts NDAA Fixes

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

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A Senate panel chairman said yesterday he will offer legislative proposals intended to thwart counterfeit parts from entering the defense supply chain, including one requiring contractors pay for fake electronics purchased from suppliers often in China. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said during a day-long hearing on counterfeit military parts that he is planning three changes to the fiscal year 2012 defense authorization bill, which the full Senate could take up in the next week. “We…

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Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

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Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

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CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]