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Air Force

F-35 2nd Engine Fight Renews On Hill; Gates Says F-35 Deliveries On Track

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The heads of a congressional panel dug in their heels yesterday on their opposing stances on whether Congress should continue funding a jet engine program over which Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he will push the president to veto Pentagon budget bills. Yesterday's Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, the first of the fiscal year 2011 budget season that kicked off Monday with the unveiling of President Barack Obama's $548.9 billion base Pentagon proposal, was less acrimonious…

Navy Leaders Downplay Looking At Foreign Navy Shipbuilding Amid Lawmaker Objections

The Navy’s top leaders this week seemed to downplay and back down on the service potentially using foreign shipyards to build U.S. Navy ships or buying foreign designed warships overseas […]

Army

Senate Defense Appropriators See ‘Risk’ With Army’s Reconciliation Plan To Fund Munitions Increase

The Senate’s top defense appropriators cited concern this week with the Army’s request to fund the majority of its large increase to munitions procurement in fiscal year 2027 through 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 […]