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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 StewartIt 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 StewartThis 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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