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Senate Panel Proposes Slashing DARPA’s Budget By $100 Million

Thursday, June 27th, 2013

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The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) recommends reducing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) fiscal year 2014 budget request by $100 million, or 3.5 percent. The committee in its FY ’14 defense authorization report cites the current fiscal environment of budget tightening across the federal government, “some lingering questions” about DARPA’s ability to fully execute all its funding in a timely fashion and concerns over certain programs as the basis for the proposed reduction. President Barack Obama’s FY ’14…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

Army Plans To Initiate ISV-Heavy Competition Later This Year, Official Says

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