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Hill Casts Wary Eye On Post-EFV Plans

Julie Samuel

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

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The heads of a Senate panel grilled naval officials about plans to cancel the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) last week, as the House prepares to debate a defense bill this week that calls for scaling back planned work on a replacement vehicle. The Senate Armed Services Seapower subcommittee quizzed Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley and Deputy Marine Corps Commandant for Combat Development and Integration Lt. Gen. George Flynn at length about plans to kill General Dynamics’ [GD] EFV on May…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]