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  • Budget

    December 2023

    Budget Matters: Riding a Defense Budget ‘Bow Wave’

    If the Defense Department and industry deliver on modernization plans, a plethora of new aircraft, tanks, ships and other weapons currently under development will enter service at the end of this decade and the beginning of the next.
  • Industrial Base

    November 2023

    Tax Policies Must Line Up with National Security Objectives

    By Jennifer Stewart
    It is imperative Congress passes the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization and appropriations bills and enacts a four-year fix to Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code, which requires companies to amortize research and development expenses. These legislative efforts will benefit all companies in the defense sector.
  • Budget

    November 2023

    Russia, China Boosting Defense Spending as Congress Dithers

    Despite Congress agreeing to $886 billion in 2024 defense spending as part of the debt-ceiling deal back in June, the two chambers failed to reconcile their defense bills before the end of the fiscal year, and Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown by kicking the can to Nov. 17 with a continuing resolution. In the meantime, Russia appears to be going all in on defense spending.
  • Budget

    October 2023

    Seeking the Goldilocks Formula for Defense Spending

    It’s a simple enough question: how much money for defense is enough? Experts weigh in.
  • Budget

    September 2023

    AFA NEWS: Air Force to Congress: Modernization, CCA at Risk Without 2024 Budget

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Air Force is using existing programs and authorities to the extent it can to advance initiatives like the collaborative combat aircraft, but unless Congress passes a 2024 National Defense Authorization Act and budget, there are limits to how much progress the Air Force can make on its modernization goals, the service’s secretary said.
  • Munitions Technology

    September 2023

    Explosive Disposal Sector to Need A Lot of Funds, Innovative Tech

    When it comes to landmines, unexploded ordnance and the deadly debris that wars and conflict leave behind, it looks like the world is taking one step forward, and two steps back.
  • Information Technology

    August 2023

    Data Cleansing Improves Federal Government Outcomes

    Data quality cannot be achieved without strategic data cleansing. Data cleansing — the process of identifying and correcting or removing inaccurate, incomplete or irrelevant data from a dataset — is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Depending on the different types of data being collected across various channels, agencies will need to determine what kind of clean-up is required to fully take advantage of advanced analytics.
  • Budget

    August 2023

    Congress Seeks Clarity on JADC2 Spending

    The Defense Department’s joint all-domain command and control initiative, or JADC2, is eyeing an increase in funding in the 2024 budget, and both the House and Senate are largely on board, but the latter has raised concerns about the difficulty of tracking the range of programs, projects and spending on the concept.
  • Munitions Technology

    August 2023

    Shifting Munitions Requirements for Great Power Competition

    By Jennifer Stewart
    This fall, the congressional defense committees will be hard at work negotiating the final fiscal year 2024 funding, policies and authorities critical to support our warfighters and the defense industrial base. One important focus area is the resolution of the president’s request for multi-year procurement authorities and funding for specific munitions.
  • Defense Department

    August 2023

    JUST IN: Pentagon Needs Budget Flexibility to Acquire New Tech, Commission Says

    An independent commission charged with evaluating and recommending improvements to the process of funding the Defense Department said the system has strengths that should be preserved, but significant improvements can be made to gain efficiencies, particularly when it comes to adopting innovative technology.
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