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House bill would allow Navy to retire cruisers early, adds funds to build second destroyer
One panel of lawmakers is coming around to letting the Navy decommission its aging cruisers and reinvest the money into new ship construction, even as its Senate counterpart took the opposite approach, setting up a debate that puts at stake billions of dollars in spending.
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Lawmakers demand clearer picture for Guam missile defense plans
Lawmakers are demanding the Missile Defense Agency produce a detailed plan for a missile defense capability for Guam that can defeat future threats.
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The US Army’s new iron triangle: The coming budget crunch and its implications for modernization
It has come to be seen as virtually axiomatic in defense circles that the U.S. Army will serve as a bill payer for air and naval modernization.
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Senate policy bill rejects Air Force request to send some A-10s in the boneyard
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the FY22 defense policy bill would guardrails on the number of fighters, C-130s and B-1s the Air Force can retire.
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DoD would see a big budget boost, military justice overhaul under Senate proposal
The $740 billion defense authorization bill proposal received bipartisan support in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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To afford next-gen combat aircraft, the US Air Force will make cuts to ISR inventory
The Air Force plans to drop from 60 to 56 MQ-9 Reaper combat lines in fiscal 2022 as the U.S. military decreases its presence in the Middle East.
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Some C-130H units to be replaced by cyber ops, helicopters
Congress needs to sign off on the Hercules retirements first.
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House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.
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Give combatant commanders the tools to innovate
Innovations set to arrive in the 2030s or 2040s will be irrelevant if U.S. forces fail to prevent Chinese or Russian aggression during the next decade.
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House appropriators want to shave $44M off Air Force’s flagship hypersonic program
Lawmakers said the flight test program had become “increasingly delayed and compressed,” leading to larger risk of concurrency.
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House bill would allow Navy to retire cruisers early, adds funds to build second destroyer
One panel of lawmakers is coming around to letting the Navy decommission its aging cruisers and reinvest the money into new ship construction, even as its Senate counterpart took the opposite approach, setting up a debate that puts at stake billions of dollars in spending.
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Lawmakers demand clearer picture for Guam missile defense plans
Lawmakers are demanding the Missile Defense Agency produce a detailed plan for a missile defense capability for Guam that can defeat future threats.
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The US Army’s new iron triangle: The coming budget crunch and its implications for modernization
It has come to be seen as virtually axiomatic in defense circles that the U.S. Army will serve as a bill payer for air and naval modernization.
-
Senate policy bill rejects Air Force request to send some A-10s in the boneyard
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the FY22 defense policy bill would guardrails on the number of fighters, C-130s and B-1s the Air Force can retire.
-
DoD would see a big budget boost, military justice overhaul under Senate proposal
The $740 billion defense authorization bill proposal received bipartisan support in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
-
To afford next-gen combat aircraft, the US Air Force will make cuts to ISR inventory
The Air Force plans to drop from 60 to 56 MQ-9 Reaper combat lines in fiscal 2022 as the U.S. military decreases its presence in the Middle East.
-
Some C-130H units to be replaced by cyber ops, helicopters
Congress needs to sign off on the Hercules retirements first.
-
House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.
-
Give combatant commanders the tools to innovate
Innovations set to arrive in the 2030s or 2040s will be irrelevant if U.S. forces fail to prevent Chinese or Russian aggression during the next decade.
-
House appropriators want to shave $44M off Air Force’s flagship hypersonic program
Lawmakers said the flight test program had become “increasingly delayed and compressed,” leading to larger risk of concurrency.
-
House bill would allow Navy to retire cruisers early, adds funds to build second destroyer
One panel of lawmakers is coming around to letting the Navy decommission its aging cruisers and reinvest the money into new ship construction, even as its Senate counterpart took the opposite approach, setting up a debate that puts at stake billions of dollars in spending.
-
Lawmakers demand clearer picture for Guam missile defense plans
Lawmakers are demanding the Missile Defense Agency produce a detailed plan for a missile defense capability for Guam that can defeat future threats.
-
The US Army’s new iron triangle: The coming budget crunch and its implications for modernization
It has come to be seen as virtually axiomatic in defense circles that the U.S. Army will serve as a bill payer for air and naval modernization.
-
Senate policy bill rejects Air Force request to send some A-10s in the boneyard
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the FY22 defense policy bill would guardrails on the number of fighters, C-130s and B-1s the Air Force can retire.
-
DoD would see a big budget boost, military justice overhaul under Senate proposal
The $740 billion defense authorization bill proposal received bipartisan support in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
-
To afford next-gen combat aircraft, the US Air Force will make cuts to ISR inventory
The Air Force plans to drop from 60 to 56 MQ-9 Reaper combat lines in fiscal 2022 as the U.S. military decreases its presence in the Middle East.
-
Some C-130H units to be replaced by cyber ops, helicopters
Congress needs to sign off on the Hercules retirements first.
-
House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.
-
Give combatant commanders the tools to innovate
Innovations set to arrive in the 2030s or 2040s will be irrelevant if U.S. forces fail to prevent Chinese or Russian aggression during the next decade.
-
House appropriators want to shave $44M off Air Force’s flagship hypersonic program
Lawmakers said the flight test program had become “increasingly delayed and compressed,” leading to larger risk of concurrency.



