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Acquisition
May 2023
JUST IN: Flexible Defense Funding Needed to Keep Pace With Rapidly Changing Tech
Technologies such as artificial intelligence and software-based products are “rapidly iterating,” and the Defense Department’s current acquisitions process isn’t going to keep up, one service official said. -
Budget
May 2023
JUST IN: Debt Default Would Be ‘Catastrophic’ for National Security, Service Chiefs Say
The U.S. military’s service chiefs warned of devastating consequences to their ability to defend the nation if Congress fails to resolve the looming debt ceiling crisis. -
Budget
May 2023
Debt Ceiling Fight Puts Defense Budget in Limbo
This time of year, Congress is usually busy marking up the annual National Defense Authorization Act and mapping out the defense budget for the next fiscal year. However, just as the House Armed Services Committee was to begin work on the 2024 NDAA, Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., pumped the brakes. -
Air Force News
May 2023
JUST IN: Air Force Secretary Urges Congress, Pentagon to Accelerate Tech Fielding
China continues to pursue capabilities to undermine the Unites States’ ability to project power in the Indo-Pacific and deter potential Chinese aggression, and the United States needs to accelerate investments in new technology and systems, the secretary of the Air Force said May 9. -
Budget
May 2023
Jury Still Out on Multiyear Procurement for Munitions
During a media roundtable in February, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth touted a provision of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act: multiyear procurement for munitions. -
Budget
March 2023
JUST IN: Government Intervention Needed to Handle Surge Capacity (Updated)
The government needs to step up and step in if the industrial base is going to tackle a boost in short term surge capacity, one Army official said. -
Budget
March 2023
BUDGET 2024: Flat Army Request Signals Focus on Indo-Pacific Capabilities
The 2024 budget request for the Army was dwarfed by those of its sister services, pointing to the United States’ prioritization of air- and sea-based capabilities for a potential Indo-Pacific conflict, according to experts. -
Budget
March 2023
BUDGET 2024: Air Force Budget Continues Divest to Invest Strategy
If the Air Force gets its wish, it will clear out 310 older aircraft in fiscal year 2024 and acquire 95 new ones while investing in research, development, testing and evaluation to develop future platforms like the B-21 Raider, Next-Generation Air Dominance system — including unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft — and new tankers to refuel the fleet. However, Congress has routinely blocked the service from divesting platforms, raising questions about whether the Air Force will get everything it wants in 2024. -
Budget
March 2023
New Budget Prioritizes Science, Technology
By Cari Shearer and Jacob WinnAfter a late budget request and multiple continuing resolutions, President Joe Biden signed into law a full-year omnibus appropriations act for the 2023 fiscal year — with increased funding for defense science and technology programs. -
Defense Department
March 2023
BREAKING: White House Asks for $842 Billion in 2024 DOD Funding, 3.2 Percent Above 2023 Budget (UPDATED)
President Joe Biden unveiled a nearly $1.9 trillion fiscal year 2024 budget request, including $842 billion for the Defense Department — $26 billion more than Congress appropriated for the department in the December omnibus spending bill.
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