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Budget

FY ’15 NDAA Adds $1.3 Billion to Procurement; Funds CVN-73 Refueling, LPD-28, U-2 Fleet

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, May 5th, 2014

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The House Armed Services Committee released a defense authorization bill that saves many of the programs the Defense Department wanted to cut, adds funding for ballistic missile defense and space-related research, and buys five additional EA-18G Growlers and an amphibious ship for the Navy – adding nearly $1.3 billion to military procurement and $252 million to research and development while slashing more than $1.4 billion from operations and maintenance accounts. The bill sticks to the $521 billion cost cap included…

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Congress

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Missile Defense

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Missile Defense

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