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Budget

Marine Corps Size, Navy Fleet Composition Divides Think Tanks in Planning Exercise

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, February 7th, 2014

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Marine Corps Size, Navy Fleet Composition Divides Think Tanks in Planning Exercise

USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy.

Four defense think tanks agreed on many areas where the defense budget should be cut and reprioritized to keep within budgetary limitations while still preserving its most important capabilities. Unfortunately for the Navy and Marine Corps, at-sea assets were not one of the areas of consensus. Some decisions were easy for the groups, who were tasked with creating two different spending plans for fiscal years 2015 to 2024: one adhering to full sequestration cuts as currently written in law, and…

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]

Congress

House Heads For Recess Without Moving On NDAA After Procedural Vote Fails

The House will leave for the Fourth of July recess without moving forward on its $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with a procedural vote to […]