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Courtney Leads Push Against Navy Request For Only One Sub In 2025
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee this week led a push against the Navy’s 2025 budget request seeking only one attack submarine (SSN)
Army Leading Study To Protect Bases From Threats, Air Force Secretary Says
The Army is leading a study with Air Force participation to examine the protection of air bases from a wide rang of threats, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on
Rep. Amodei Eyes Markup Of Homeland Security Funding Bill By End Of May
The new chairman of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hopes to mark up the Department of Homeland Security’s $60.8 billion fiscal year 2025 budget request by the end of
Kendall Offers Glimpse Of Two Approved Quick Start Initiatives
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Tuesday added scant detail about two new space-related development initiatives that have been approved to begin execution before Congress has authorized and a...
NGI Down-Select Coming This Month With Acquisition Strategy Change, MDA Director Says
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) director last Friday told lawmakers the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) is changing its acquisition strategy to have a down-select this month, rather than a...
Republicans Select Oklahoma’s Cole As New House Appropriations Chair
Republicans on Wednesday officially selected Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) to serve as the new chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Cole, a member of the panel’s defense subcommittee...
No Supplemental Risks Eating Into Growth In Navy’s FY ’25 Budget Request
The Navy is using expensive missiles to shoot down drones and missiles fired at its ships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and needs Congress to complete work on
Biden Signs FY ‘24 Spending Package With $824.3 Billion Defense Bill, Shutdown Averted
President Biden on Saturday signed a spending package of the final six remaining fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills, including $824.3 billion for defense, averting a partial government shutdow...
House Passes FY ‘24 Spending Package With $824.3 Billion Defense Bill, Senate Faces Midnight Deadline
The House on Friday passed the $824.3 billion fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations legislation, part of a six-bill spending package, sending the measure to the Senate with just hours left
Final $824.3 Billion FY ‘24 Defense Spending Bill Supports Six Multi-Year Munitions Deals, Replicator Funding
Congressional appropriators early Thursday morning unveiled their final $824.3 billion fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations bill, which includes a compromise to fund six of the Pentagon’s mu...
Congressional Appropriators Bet Big On DIU In FY ’24 Appropriations Bill
In a show of generosity, congressional appropriators on Thursday released a spending bill that would fund the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) at nearly $1 billion in fiscal year 2024,
Navy’s Shipbuilding Plan Lays Out Decommissioning Choices
The Navy’s fiscal year 2025 30-year shipbuilding plan detailed the service’s plans and reasons for requesting to decommission 19 ships, including 10 ships before the end of their expected ser...
https://www.defensedaily.com/navys-shipbuilding-plan-lays-out-decommissioning-choices/budget/
New Shipbuilding Plan Looks To Growth And Constrained Options
The Navy this week submitted the latest 30-year shipbuilding plan to Congress, offering a primary profile with significant cost and size growth and an alternative profile constrained by lower bud...
https://www.defensedaily.com/new-shipbuilding-plan-looks-to-growth-and-constrained-options/budget/
Kratos’ Chief Suggests DoD Experiment With $5 Billion Annually To Buy Innovative Technologies Off-The-Shelf
The Defense Department should spend $5 billion annually over a three-year period to buy production-ready systems that almost, but do not quite currently, meet requirements to help innovative tech...
XLUUV ‘Re-phased’ and Pushed Back, FY ’25 Budget Request Lays Out Latest Schedule
Navy officials recently confirmed the Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program has been “re-phased” and pushed back in the schedule, with the fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget re...
SASC Chair May Support Defense Boost Above Spending Cap If Supplemental Doesn’t Pass
The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday he may be open to boosting the fiscal year 2025 defense topline above the one percent spending cap from last
No New Multi-Year Munitions Requests In DoD’s FY ‘25 Budget Submission
The Pentagon did not include any new requests for multi-year munitions procurements in its fiscal year 2025 budget submission, while the department still awaits confirmation its requests for FY �...
Navy’s Budget Request Faces Congressional Opposition For Low New Ship Levels
The Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request, seeking only six new ships and reducing planned submarines by one, faced a chilly reception from some congressional leaders this week. The lawmakers oppos...
Pentagon Plans To Spend $1 Billion On Replicator Over Next Two Years
The Pentagon plans to spend $1 billion over the next two years on its Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems by August 2025, a senior official said
CBP Requests Less Funding For Border Security Technology
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Monday delivered its fiscal year 2025 budget request to Congress, proposing no funds for non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems used to scan vehicles and ca...
Army Details $185.9 Billion FY ‘25 Budget Request, Plans $4.5 Billion Aviation Reinvestment In Coming Years
The Army on Monday released its $185.9 billion budget request for fiscal year 2025, with officials confirming its recent aviation restructuring resulted in shifting $4.5 billion to new priorities...
Navy Budget Caps Caused Cuts And Delays in USVs And NGAD, Officials Say
The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) budget caps imposed on the Department of the Navy forced it to lower funding for unmanned vessels and work on the next carrier-based fighter under
Navy Says FY 2025 Budget Caps Imposed ‘Hard Choices’ To Lower Ship Procurement
The Navy argued Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) budget caps imposed “hard choices” on the fiscal year 2025 president’s budget request (PB25) that partially caused the service to lower its s...
Coast Guard Seeks Two More FRCs In FY ‘25 Budget To Enhance Indo-Pacific Presence
The Coast Guard is requesting $216 million in fiscal year 2025 for two fast response cutters (FRCs) as part of a plan to bolster the service’s presence in the Indo-Pacific
Pentagon’s $849.8 Billion FY ‘25 Budget Rolled Out Amid Uncertain Spending Environment
The Pentagon on Monday detailed its $849.8 billion budget request for fiscal year 2025, a figure that adheres to the one percent spending cap from last year’s debt limit deal
In First, MDA Directed Not To Brief On FY25 Budget; Prefers Extra Funds On Higher Interceptor Numbers
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) confirmed on Thursday that he was directed from above to not participate in the annual budget briefings planned for March 11, a
Commission Reviewing DoD Budget Planning Releases Final Report, Calls For Implementing New System
The commission tasked with reforming the Pentagon’s budget planning process has issued its final report, which includes calling for the wholesale replacement of the current system with an appro...
HASC Republicans Push For Multi-Year Amphibious Ship Procurement
Two Republicans leaders in the House Armed Services Committee pushed the Defense Department to buy amphibious ships in multi-year procurements in a letter to the Office of Cost Estimate and
Biden Signs CR To Avoid Shutdown, As Lawmakers Ready Six Spending Bills For Next Week
President Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding measure to avoid a partial government shutdown, allowing lawmakers additional time to complete work on final fiscal year 2024 appropriations bil...
Services Warn Against A Full Year Continuing Resolution, Would Need Tens Of Billions In Reprogramming
Defense Department service leaders on Wednesday warned that a full year Continuing Resolution (CR) for funding would require tens of billions of dollars in reprogramming and prioritize current op...
Top SASC Member Opposes Potential Virginia Sub Procurement Cut
Sen Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he opposes potential moves by the Navy to lower Virginia-class submarine procurement from two to one boat
DoD Research Office Makes New Awards Under Accelerated Tech Transition Program
The Defense Department on Thursday announced its first round of awards in fiscal year 2024 under its program to quickly transition technologies—most of which are being developed by small busine...
Senate Supplemental Would Rearrange Biden Administration’s Border Security Tech Spending
The Senate’s proposed supplemental bill that would fund continued military, security and other assistance for Ukraine and Israel also includes $758.5 million in acquisition and deployment appro...
NDAA Conferees Want COCOMS To Work More Closely With Commercial Industry
The pending fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would direct most geographic combatant commands (COCOMs) to develop plans to create commercial integration cells to help them work more clo...
Pentagon Inspector General Points to Challenges in Building ‘Strategic Competition’ Framework
While DoD wants to build a lasting framework to counter China and Russia, the Pentagon has faced challenges “in consistently securing and accounting for defense materiel” for Ukraine; questio...
Pentagon to Pick Replicator Contenders in Next Three Weeks
The Pentagon is to pick the Replicator contenders in the next three weeks, and DoD estimates a unit cost in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, as the
House Officials Concerned About Manpower Shortages Hampering Coast Guard Operations
The Coast Guard’s ability to fully carry out its missions are being hurt by new manpower shortages coupled with long-standing resource constraints, Republican and Democrat lawmakers said last w...
Senate Hearing Shows Few Signs Of Compromise Around Homeland Security Portion Of Supplemental
Senate Appropriations Committee leaders from both parties continue to work on a bipartisan bill to provide funding for Ukraine, Israel, and other needs but the chairwoman of the panel on
CBO Values U.S. Sub Sales To Australia At $3 Billion Each, Estimates Timelines And Budget Impacts
A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate report published Nov. 3 estimates a House bill allowing U.S. submarine sales to Australia would sell at $3 billion each and the overall
White House Supplemental Request Includes $849 Million For NII Systems At Border
President Joe Biden last Friday sent Congress a $106 billion supplemental funding request largely in support of Ukraine and Israel but that also includes $849 million for Customs and Border
New Algorithm To Lower False Alarms In Body Scanners Is Effective, TSA Official Says
A new algorithm deployed earlier this year to on body scanners at airport security checkpoints is improving security and lowering false alarms, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) offi...
Navy Comptroller Readying For Pain Of “Meat Cleaver” Sequester
The Navy is getting ready for the ‘meat cleaver” of cuts from a sequester if Congress does not pass a new appropriations bill before the new year, the service’s comptroller
https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-comptroller-readying-for-pain-of-meat-cleaver-sequester/navy-usmc/
House Passes DHS Funding Bill
The House last Thursday night approved a funding bill that provides $62.8 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, including $2.1 billion toward physical b...
https://www.defensedaily.com/house-passes-dhs-funding-bill/homeland-security/
House Passes FY ‘24 Defense Spending And Ukraine Aid Bills, CR Vote Fails
The House on Thursday evening passed its $826.5 billion defense spending legislation and a separate bill with $300 million in Ukraine aid, while failing on Friday to approve its stopgap
NDIA, PSC: Shutdown Would Particularly Harm Small Companies in Defense Industrial Base
A federal government shutdown would particularly harm small companies in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), according to a Sept. 28 letter to congressional leaders from National Defense Industria...
House Takes Ukraine Aid Out Of FY ‘24 Defense Budget, Will Consider In A Separate Bill
The House has removed $300 million in Ukraine aid from its fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations legislation and is set to consider the funding as a separate bill. The move
House Debate On FY ‘24 Defense Budget Includes Bipartisan Pushback On Ukraine Aid Cuts
Republican proposals to cut Ukraine aid received bipartisan pushback during the House’s debate of its fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill on Wednesday. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) offered a me...
Senate’s Bipartisan CR Deal Has $4.5 Billion For DoD Ukraine Aid, Columbia-Class Sub Anomaly
The Senate’s bipartisan deal to avoid a shutdown and keep the government open through Nov. 17 has $4.5 billion for Pentagon-related Ukraine aid efforts and includes an anomaly for the
Potential Shutdown Impact Would Be ‘Extremely Disruptive,’ DoD Acquisition Chief Says
The Pentagon’s acquisition chief said Tuesday a potential government shutdown would be “extremely disruptive,” citing impacts to testing and acceptance of new equipment. Bill LaPlante, unde...
House Fails To Move Forward On Defense Spending Bill As GOP Members Sink Procedural Vote
A procedural vote in the House to move forward on its fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations bill failed 212 to 214 on Tuesday, after several hardline conservative GOP members broke