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Air Force

HAC-D Wants To End 2nd Engine, Cut Weapons Accounts

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

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House defense appropriators want to kill the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine and trim the Pentagon’s requested levels of procurement and research funding in the budget bill they plan to approve today. The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) released a draft of its fiscal year 2012 defense appropriations bill yesterday, before it is set to mark up the bill in a closed hearing today. The subcommittee’s plan calls for cutting President Barack Obama’s $539.5 billion defense budget request by…

Congress

All Future Systems Should Have Autonomy Features, Reed Says

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Congress

Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says

Senate defense appropriators have concerns with the Pentagon’s decision to include key fiscal year 2027 funding priorities, such as critical munitions and drones production, among its request for $350 billion […]

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]