Congress reached a last minute agreement Saturday in order to keep the government open through mid-November.
By Aaron MehtaROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
The House voted down a continuing resolution Friday afternoon, all-but ensuring that the federal government will shut down come Oct. 1.
By Michael Marrow
Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, noted that China doesn’t have to deal with this kind of budget chaos. “We can teach them how to do that. That would be helpful,” he said.
By Breaking Defense Staff
In this op-ed, AEI’s Elaine McCusker and John Ferrari, two former Pentagon budget officials, warn about the national security repercussions of a potential government shutdown.
By Elaine McCusker and John Ferrari
“We just kind of need to get their no-kidding ground truth of, ‘this is what we think we can deliver and when we think we can deliver it,'” Andrew Hunter, the service’s acquisition chief, said in a Sept. 5 interview at the Pentagon.
By Michael Marrow
Service officials hope that Congress will back Secretary Frank Kendall’s proposal to allow some new programs to begin early work, even if a continuing resolution is in place.
By Michael Marrow
Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
“We won’t hesitate to come forward and ask for what we need to make sure that we maintain our stocks,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told senators today.
By Ashley Roque
Another Continuing Resolution would impact military readiness when it comes to everything from munitions relevant to the fight in Ukraine to the newly revealed B-21 stealth bomber, warns Elaine McCusker of AEI.
By Elaine McCusker
“That new start reprogramming would give us the flexibility to potentially speed it up somewhat,” said Steven Wert, who leads the Air Force’s Program Executive Office Digital. “It’s not going to be a dramatic speed up, but we’re doing everything we can.”
By Valerie Insinna
First, get the fiscal 2022 budget settled. Then figure out how to change budget plans in light of Ukraine’s fight, argue two experts from the American Enterprise Institute.
By John Ferrari and Elaine McCusker
In a rare press conference, the Navy’s budget director said a year long continuing resolution would not impact his service’s involvement in a potential Russia-Ukraine conflict.
By Justin Katz
The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, Columbia-class ballistic submarine and B-21 bomber could all face delays under a yearlong continuing resolution, service officials said.
By Valerie Insinna and Andrew Eversden
NDAA is a budget boon for the Pentagon, but a looming Continuing Resolution deadline complicates matters.
By Aaron Mehta
“As the newest service, one with plans to expand significantly every year, losing even a few months of work could set the entire effort back in the long term,” warn Charles Galbreath and Tim Ryan of the Mitchell Institute in this new op-ed.
By Charles Galbreath and Tim Ryan