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House appropriators fund Hawaii missile defense radar, but cut dollars for Guam
The House Appropriations Committee is cutting a chunk out of the Missile Defense Agency’s funding to set up a more robust missile defense architecture to defend Guam.
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House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
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Can defense squeeze onto Congress’ busy agenda?
On Congress’ agenda when members return from the July 4 recess: late-arriving defense spending and policy bills as well as President Joe Biden’s pick for Navy secretary, among other Pentagon nominees.
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Watchdog group finds F-35 sustainment costs could be headed off affordability cliff
By 2036, F-35 sustainment costs could exceed the U.S. military’s affordability parameters by $6 billion per year.
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On fleet size, Congress should listen to the Navy’s leaders, not its planning documents
“If we’re going to pace the adversary, we need to have a bigger Navy,” Navy Vice Adm. James Kilby told senators.
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Pentagon’s top IT official: More coordination needed on weapon systems and critical infrastructure cybersecurity
“What keeps me up at night are cyberthreats of the kind we’re seeing across the country — not only against the government, but against the private sector.”
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House appropriators want more cargo helos for US Army in FY22
House appropriators’ funding of the CH-47F Block II Chinook cargo helicopter in its FY22 spending bill sets up another year of support for a procurement program for which the Army has little appetite.
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Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
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Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts
Leaders of the House’s Blue Dog Coalition say they oppose calls to fund any less than the requested $753 billion national defense budget.
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The Air Force’s new ABMS strategy: Buy new capability, now
In buying the first pieces of the Advanced Battle Management System, the Air Force hopes to prove the program’s worth.
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House appropriators fund Hawaii missile defense radar, but cut dollars for Guam
The House Appropriations Committee is cutting a chunk out of the Missile Defense Agency’s funding to set up a more robust missile defense architecture to defend Guam.
-
House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
-
Can defense squeeze onto Congress’ busy agenda?
On Congress’ agenda when members return from the July 4 recess: late-arriving defense spending and policy bills as well as President Joe Biden’s pick for Navy secretary, among other Pentagon nominees.
-
Watchdog group finds F-35 sustainment costs could be headed off affordability cliff
By 2036, F-35 sustainment costs could exceed the U.S. military’s affordability parameters by $6 billion per year.
-
On fleet size, Congress should listen to the Navy’s leaders, not its planning documents
“If we’re going to pace the adversary, we need to have a bigger Navy,” Navy Vice Adm. James Kilby told senators.
-
Pentagon’s top IT official: More coordination needed on weapon systems and critical infrastructure cybersecurity
“What keeps me up at night are cyberthreats of the kind we’re seeing across the country — not only against the government, but against the private sector.”
-
House appropriators want more cargo helos for US Army in FY22
House appropriators’ funding of the CH-47F Block II Chinook cargo helicopter in its FY22 spending bill sets up another year of support for a procurement program for which the Army has little appetite.
-
Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
-
Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts
Leaders of the House’s Blue Dog Coalition say they oppose calls to fund any less than the requested $753 billion national defense budget.
-
The Air Force’s new ABMS strategy: Buy new capability, now
In buying the first pieces of the Advanced Battle Management System, the Air Force hopes to prove the program’s worth.
-
House appropriators fund Hawaii missile defense radar, but cut dollars for Guam
The House Appropriations Committee is cutting a chunk out of the Missile Defense Agency’s funding to set up a more robust missile defense architecture to defend Guam.
-
House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
-
Can defense squeeze onto Congress’ busy agenda?
On Congress’ agenda when members return from the July 4 recess: late-arriving defense spending and policy bills as well as President Joe Biden’s pick for Navy secretary, among other Pentagon nominees.
-
Watchdog group finds F-35 sustainment costs could be headed off affordability cliff
By 2036, F-35 sustainment costs could exceed the U.S. military’s affordability parameters by $6 billion per year.
-
On fleet size, Congress should listen to the Navy’s leaders, not its planning documents
“If we’re going to pace the adversary, we need to have a bigger Navy,” Navy Vice Adm. James Kilby told senators.
-
Pentagon’s top IT official: More coordination needed on weapon systems and critical infrastructure cybersecurity
“What keeps me up at night are cyberthreats of the kind we’re seeing across the country — not only against the government, but against the private sector.”
-
House appropriators want more cargo helos for US Army in FY22
House appropriators’ funding of the CH-47F Block II Chinook cargo helicopter in its FY22 spending bill sets up another year of support for a procurement program for which the Army has little appetite.
-
Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
-
Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts
Leaders of the House’s Blue Dog Coalition say they oppose calls to fund any less than the requested $753 billion national defense budget.
-
The Air Force’s new ABMS strategy: Buy new capability, now
In buying the first pieces of the Advanced Battle Management System, the Air Force hopes to prove the program’s worth.



