Day One: Esper Praises Budget Deal, Warns On China Tech, Iran
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The secretary heads first to CENTCOM to hammer out the details of Operation Sentinel, a plan to monitor and protect shipping from Iran in Persian Gulf.
Esper Confirmed As SecDef; Budget Deal Leaves DoD Spending Flat Next Year
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With a two-year budget deal the Pentagon is getting what it wanted: budget certainty. But that certainty comes at a cost.
Trump Threatens NDAA Veto If House Cuts Stand
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The Trump Administration argues the HASC’s cuts to the defense policy bill would hamper missile detection and defense priorities.
House Armed Services Scrutinizes F-35 Costs, ABMS, Army Modernization
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The HASC wants an independent cost estimate on the F-35 and some detail — any detail — on the plan to replace AWACS. It’s also a little curious about robot tanks.
HASC to DoD: We’ll Do The Money, You Do A Tech Strategy
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In a markup of the 2020 defense budget, the HASC tells the Pentagon to keep developing new tech but inform the Hill about how and where it might be used.
ATEC Appeals To Hill For Helicopter Engine Dough
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Rebuffed by the Army and GAO in its bid to re-engine aging helicopters, ATEC has gone over their heads to Congress and asked legislators for a second chance.
Army Big 6 Gets $10B More Over 2021-2025
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Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy says the service’s new five-year budget plan will be finished within weeks.
Defense Spending Will Bust BCA Caps: Mark Cancian
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One of Washington’s leading budget experts explains how bipartisan supporters of Pentagon funding will steamroll the Budget Control Act.
NDAA 2020: SASC Emphasizes Tech Race With China
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The senators’ draft of the annual defense bill puts a new emphasis on technological competition, including industrial policy moves to strengthen US companies.
SASC OKs Space Force, But Imposes Tight Oversight
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SASC wants the Air Force and DoD “to come back to the oversight committee every single month” to explain how they are standing up the new Space Force — if it is finally approved by Congress.