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Budget

Think Tanks Tell HASC a Ready Force is All But Impossible Under Sequestration

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

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Think Tanks Tell HASC a Ready Force is All But Impossible Under Sequestration

The defense budget cannot meet sequestration caps without wrecking current force readiness, and either personnel or major acquisition programs will have to be sacrificed to invest in key capabilities for the future, according to a panel of leading think tank researchers who testified before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.“That wasn’t very cheerful,” committee chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said after hearing the five panelists’ opening statements.The researchers described a budget game they participated in last year, in which an…

Build Of At Least 45 MQ-9s By Start Of FY 2029 Required By SASC Bill

Down to an inventory of 135 MQ-9A Reapers due to the loss of two dozen aircraft in strikes on Iran, the Air Force would have to field at least 45 […]

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

Congress

‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]