Congressional appropriators finally reached a deal after almost six months of continuing resolutions.
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By Andrew Eversden
New capabilities that will transform an Army balancing tight budgets in 2021.
By Andrew Eversden
In response to lawmakers, Navy says budget cuts will add $700 million long-term to retrofit fighters.
By Theresa Hitchens
Even though a short spending freeze seems mostly harmless, it is clear the US military cannot buy back time.
By Mackenzie Eaglen
WASHINGTON: The US Congress today voted to avert a government shutdown, passing a Continuing Resolution funding measure that will run through Dec. 3. The vote was 65-35 in the Senate and 254-175 in the House. While the assumption in Washington was that a deal would get done, once again, Congress seemed inclined to wait until…
By Aaron Mehta
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
WASHINGTON: Members of the House Armed Services Committee have voted for a $23.9 billion increase in the defense budget request, in a move likely to receive pushback from progressive members of President Joe Biden’s party. The vote, which saw 14 Democrats join with the committee’s Republican block, was a victory for Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala.,…
By Aaron Mehta
“Without increased congressional funding to account for this rise in prices, defense readiness, as well as the quality of life of American service members are both being dangerously squeezed and diminished, as if in the grip of a giant anaconda.”
By John Ferrari
Space Force Plans for a new Space Systems Command “consist primarily of renaming the Space and Missile Systems Center” and do not “resolve the fundamental issues of overlap and duplication in roles,” the HAC report says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The HAC report rebukes the Air Force for a lack of transparency in shifting spending on prototyping of hypersonic missiles.
By Theresa Hitchens
Buried within the Navy’s fiscal 2022 shipbuilding plan is a major disruption of the amphibious fleet and its industrial base. The Navy will build the Light Amphibious Ships (LAWs) it wants, but there’s a trade-off. The number of large amphibious ships will decline by five to nine — 15% to 27%. Marines and others had…
By Mark Cancian
The Democrats’ draft bill trims military personnel and R&D to add money for procurement.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
On the space acquisition czar, Rep. Jim Cooper said: “let’s not let the politics of the Puzzle Palace dominate here. We can and must figure this out.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The Pentagon wants to show its investments in climate change, but the way the budget is currently structured makes that effectively impossible, says Hallie Coyne of AEI.
By Hallie Coyne