Congressional spending has become so unpredictable, a panel of Pentagon experts said the defense industrial base is shrinking and the weapons systems of tomorrow are not being developed today. Read More
Tag Archives: sequestration
Wilson: End of Sequestration, Increased Defense Spending Coming Soon
The turret for the first M1A1 SA/ED variant built at Anniston Army Depot goes through the final stages of testing. US Army Photo
The tide is turning in favor of increased defense spending and ending sequestration, the chairman of the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee told attendees at an American Enterprise Institute forum on Thursday. Read More
Federal Hiring Freeze Includes Navy Shipyards Despite National Security Exemption Clause
Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Helena (SSN-725) arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a high-priority docking continuous maintenance availability on Aug. 20, 2015. US Navy Photo
The federal government hiring freeze signed last week by President Donald Trump applies to all Navy shipyards and repair facilities despite an exemption for “national security or public safety responsibilities,” but the Defense Department may make some exemptions before the 90-day hiring freeze expires. Read More
Navy Encouraging Program Offices to be Upfront on Continuing Resolution Impacts
Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer (DDG-51) under construction. HII Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley asked program managers to be upfront about challenges they face as a result of operating under a continuing resolution instead of a proper Fiscal Year 2017 budget. Read More
Expert: Sequestration Spending Caps Will be Major Challenge for Next Administration
The Budget Control Act of 2011 is probably the largest challenge the next administration faces and not just in defense but spending across all the federal agencies,” one of the nation’s leading experts on defense budgets told reporters Tuesday. Read More
FY 2017 Navy Budget Adds 3 More Aegis Combat System Modernizations Over Next 5 Years
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) transits waters near Guam on Jan. 21, 2016. US Navy Photo
Ten guided missile destroyers will be fully upgraded to Navy’s top-of-the-line Aegis combat system over the next five years — three more than last year’s plan, according to an unclassified fielding profile seen by USNI News this week. Read More
Document: GAO Report On ‘Implementation and Effects’ of Sequestration on the Pentagon
The following is the May 27, 2015 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Sequestration: Documenting and Assessing Lessons Learned Would Assist DOD in Planning for Future Budget Uncertainty. The report was called for in the Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to review the “implementation and effects” of the FY 2013 sequestration cuts levied on the Department of Defense. Read More
CSBA Predicts Congress will Trim Pentagon Acquisition, Preserve Personnel
In the defense budget to be unveiled Monday, a senior analyst said he didn’t expect Congress to slash manpower in the Marine Corps or the Army this year or training dollars. Read More
Hagel Defends Pace of U.S. Arms to Iraq for ISIS Fight
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Oct. 1, 2014. DoD Photo
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel termed Iraq’s prime minister’s comments that the United States was moving too slowly in sending weapons and materiel and providing training to his forces as being both wrong and not helpful. Read More
HASC’s Thornberry on Sequestration, Military Budgets and Pentagon Oversight
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas)
The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday stressed the need for Congress and the administration to work together to put an end to the automatic across-the-board budget cuts the federal government is facing in the coming fiscal year and to build an “efficient, effective and effective” military. Read More
