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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. -
Budget
August 2019
The Budget Control Act is Dead. Now What?
By Jon HarperThe demise of the Budget Control Act and the threat of sequestration does not necessarily portend the end of fiscal instability for the Pentagon, analysts say. -
Budget
August 2019
Analysts: 2020 Election at Risk for Democrats as Groups Call for Big Military Budget Cuts
By Jon HarperA coalition of liberal activists is urging Democratic presidential candidates to adopt a platform that calls for massive cuts to the military’s budget, a move that could spell disaster for the party in the 2020 election, analysts warn. -
Budget
July 2019
Electronic Warfare Spending on the Rise
By Jon HarperThe Defense Department plans to boost investment in electronic warfare capabilities as it gears up for great power competition. -
Budget
July 2019
JUST IN: Budget Impasse Puts 81 Army Programs at Risk
By Connie LeeIf spending disputes on Capitol Hill lead to a continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020, the Army would need to halt 81 new start programs and 37 planned production increases, a top official said July 16. -
Budget
July 2019
OTA Agreements Exploding in Popularity
By Jon HarperThe Defense Department is ramping up spending on other transaction authority agreements, according to a recent report by big data analytics firm Govini.
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