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Senate Appropriators Approve Extra Funding for DoE Nuke Programs in 2020

Thursday, September 12th, 2019

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Senate Appropriators Approve Extra Funding for DoE Nuke Programs in 2020

The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration would get every penny it sought in fiscal year 2020 and then some, under a Senate Appropriations Committee bill that would give the agency just under $17 billion: some $425 million above the Trump administration’s request. Where a House spending package passed in June would throttle back the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) work on next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Senate committee’s bill would fund the effort at the requested level.…

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 […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]