defense spending
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The Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat says the magnitude of cyber threats call for a recalibration of the Defense budget and at least some changes to how the rest of the government is organized.
December 10, 2018 -
Mark Cancian, senior adviser for the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share his analysis of the 2019 defense budget.
November 13, 2018 -
Coming off the end of a period of sequestrations, some defense experts are worried that innovation has taken a backseat.
October 03, 2018 -
Air Force secretary Heather Wilson said the service needs 74 additional squadrons in order to meet the missions it's been assigned under the new national defense strategy.
September 17, 2018 -
The U.S. Navy is finding that its carriers are nearly as costly to decommission and scrap as they are to build and launch.
August 15, 2018 -
Professional Service Council's CEO David Berteau joins Federal Drive once again with his analysis of the benefits for contractors found within 2019 NDAA legislation
July 30, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, while Congress has adjusted spending caps to allow increases in spending, the Congressional Budget Office warns agencies will have to make cuts again if the caps aren't adjusted beyond 2019.
April 03, 2018 -
The 2018 omnibus bill delivers 56 percent plus-up in DoD facility maintenance spending, but it's not nearly enough to reverse years of underfunding.
April 03, 2018 -
The Defense Department rolled out the biggest budget request in its history Monday, seeking $686 billion for fiscal 2019.
February 12, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bill to make sure Congressional members use their own money to settle with harassment victims passed the House unanimously.
February 07, 2018 -
A new analysis of DoD contract data shows serious impacts across the Defense industrial base because of spending cuts, including indications that thousands of firms exited the industry entirely.
December 18, 2017 -
Just days before the expiration of the latest continuing resolution, Navy officials say the last several years of budgeting-by-CR have already wasted $4 billion.
December 05, 2017 -
As the Trump administration drafts its first national defense strategy, there’s one thing defense experts agree on: Not every part of the Pentagon can be a winner.
December 04, 2017 -
Roger Zakheim, partner at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the National Technology and Industrial Base's role in promoting and leveraging commercial technology capabilities for the DoD's mission. October 31, 2017
October 31, 2017 -
Defending his department’s $52 billion budget increase for the first time on Capitol Hill this week, Defense Secretary James Mattis ran into heavy skepticism from the committee members who might normally be his most natural allies for a Pentagon plus-up.
June 14, 2017