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…
