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Budget
January 2020
Esper: Big Boost for Hypersonics Funding in 2021 Budget
The big increases in research-and-development dollars going toward hypersonics research will be getting even bigger, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Jan. 24. -
Navy News
January 2020
SNA NEWS: Top Navy Official Calls for Higher Budget Topline
By Connie LeeThe Navy needs more than a third of the Defense Department budget to pursue its shipbuilding goals, the Chief of Naval Operations said Jan. 14. -
Budget
January 2020
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Budget
December 2019
Cost of Post-9/11 Wars Expected to Top $6 Trillion
By Jon HarperThe U.S. government has already appropriated trillions of dollars for post-9/11 counterterrorism efforts, and the price tag is expected to increase by an additional $1 trillion or more in the coming decades, according to a recent study. -
Training and Simulation
December 2019
Army Spending Big on Training, Modeling, Simulation
By Jon HarperThe market for Army training, modeling and simulation capabilities has seen significant growth in recent years, and major opportunities lie ahead for contractors, analysts say. -
Budget
October 2019
Uphill Sledding for EOD Funding
By Jon HarperOnce a high-profile mission set, the military’s explosive ordnance disposal community is now receiving less attention — and less money — from lawmakers. -
Budget
September 2019
BREAKING: Pentagon Girds Itself for Proposed Continuing Resolution
By Jon HarperThe stop-gap funding measure expected to be approved by Congress before the end of the month would affect some defense contract awards, but the Pentagon will be able to manage the impacts as long as full-year appropriations bills are passed in the coming weeks, according to the department’s head of public affairs. -
Air Power
September 2019
NEWS FROM ASC: Lockheed Pitching New Long-Term Sustainment Contract for F-35
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lockheed Martin is pushing for a new long-term, performance-based sustainment contract with the Pentagon that it claims will lower the costs of the joint strike fighter program. -
Budget
September 2019
NEWS FROM DSEI: UK Defense Budget on the Upswing
The U.K. is bolstering its defense budget and investing in new equipment as it faces new threats across the globe, said the country’s secretary of state for defense Sept. 11. -
Budget
August 2019
Budgets Require Industry-Government Cooperation
By Wesley HallmanWe should all celebrate the recent passage and signing of the 2019 Bipartisan Budget Act that ended the federal budget impasse and did away with the destructive spending caps imposed by the 2011 Budget Control Act.
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