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Annual defense authorization work to ramp up in the next few weeks
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 15, 2024.
US Army to choose whether it’ll pursue a hybrid Bradley vehicle in FY23
The Bradley vehicle is already pushed to the maximum when it comes to using power to support everything from running the vehicle to controlling its payloads.
By Jen Judson
Pentagon’s fuel prices rose $3 billion amid inflationary pressures
Spiking fuel prices will cost the Pentagon $3 billion more than expected, and it will have to go to Congress for more money, a senior official said in congressional testimony on Wednesday.
By Joe Gould
US Army plan to replace Patriot interceptors gets a jolt in FY23 budget request
The Army is getting serious about a future interceptor for its next-generation Integrated Air-and-Missile Defense System that is more capable of defeating complex threats like hypersonic weapons, according to a review of FY23 budget documents.
By Jen Judson
Army to launch light robotic combat vehicle competition in FY23
The Army will kick off a competition to build full-system prototypes of the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Light in FY23 as surrogate prototypes continue to evaluate and demonstrate technology.
By Jen Judson
This is what it’ll take to end the military’s border mission
Federalized troops have been deploying to the border since 2018.
Budget hang-ups slow sexual assault prevention reforms
The Defense Department is estimating it will cost billions to implement dozens of efforts.
Kathleen Hicks warns of ‘substantial decline’ in defense-industrial base competition
The deputy defense secretary is concerned about competition in the defense-industrial base, particularly around small businesses.
By Joe Gould
Army’s $5.1B wish list to Congress would ramp up modernization, infrastructure efforts
Among the items included in the Army's unfunded requirements list are fielding another half of a Brigade Combat Team of Abrams tanks, infrastructure improvements and more money to manage homeland contingencies.
By Jen Judson
How big could your military pay raise be in 2023?
Some lawmakers are saying a 4.6% raise is not enough.
DoD seeks $100M for ‘valley of death’ bridge fund
The Pentagon is asking Congress for another $100 million to help innovative small businesses put their cutting edge weapons in the hands of troops, its head of research and development said on Wednesday.
By Joe Gould