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Congress

Senate Approves Border Security Amendment, Final Vote On Bill Expected This Week

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, June 27th, 2013

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The Senate yesterday continued debate on a comprehensive immigration reform bill approving an amendment that would authorize nearly $40 billion dollars in additional spending over the next 10 years on various border security personnel and technologies. The amendment, originally sponsored by Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.), calls for thousands of various sensors to be deployed along the entire southern border with Mexico to help staunch the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States (Defense Daily, June…

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]

HASC Bill Funds Second Destroyer, Adds Several Multi-Ship Procurements, Puts Limits On Battleship

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization act, released May 26, largely approved the Navy’s shipbuilding request, but it added funds to […]