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Thornberry: Nuclear Stockpile Recap to Be ‘Most Contentious’ Issue in FY ’21 NDAA

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 2nd, 2020

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Nuclear modernization is frequently high on the list of difficult matters to resolve in defense budget debates, but the House Armed Services Committee’s top Republican expects efforts to rebuild the U.S. nuclear weapons production complex and modernize the three legs of the triad to be front and center in fiscal year 2021 defense authorization talks. Lawmakers face an “enormous challenge” as they work through efforts to replace aging nuclear-armed bombers, submarines, missiles and munitions at the same time that the…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]