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http://aviationweek.com/defense/classified-pentagon-programs-will-cost-68-billion-2017?NL=AW-05&Issue=AW-05_20160309_AW-05_235&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&utm_rid=CPEN1000001791330&utm_campaign=5237&utm_medium=email&elq2=97c20130b4e144649c312ff70a0353
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http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20160321.aspx
Defense spending at PPP ratios, basically US goes from 'outspending next 15 nations combined to' being outspent by China and Russia combined.
Defense spending at PPP ratios, basically US goes from 'outspending next 15 nations combined to' being outspent by China and Russia combined.
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http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/2016/04/15/every-dollar-counts-new-army-policy-aims-shake-up-spending-practices/83065192/
Why do I have the feeling that this is not going to end well?
Why do I have the feeling that this is not going to end well?
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http://www.tank-net.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31817&p=1242442
A sticking plaster at best, and that may be being optimistic.
http://www.tank-net.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31817&p=1242442
A sticking plaster at best, and that may be being optimistic.
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Pentagon pegs annual bomber spending at $11 billion in new 30-year plan, up from 2015
The Air Force will spend $11 billion annually over the coming decade on its long-range strike inventory, an approximately 20 percent hike compared to the Pentagon's 2015 forecast, according to a new Defense Department estimate that for the first time accounts for Northrop Grumman's plan to develop and build the B-21 bomber
DOD report: Air Force cannot afford mandated fighter aircraft inventory levels beyond FY-21
The Air Force cannot afford to maintain legally mandated fighter aircraft inventory levels beyond fiscal year 2021, a requirement that, if continued, is projected to force the service to eventually reduce the number of combat-coded jets and squadrons during the early years of the next decade, according to a Pentagon report.
The Air Force will spend $11 billion annually over the coming decade on its long-range strike inventory, an approximately 20 percent hike compared to the Pentagon's 2015 forecast, according to a new Defense Department estimate that for the first time accounts for Northrop Grumman's plan to develop and build the B-21 bomber
DOD report: Air Force cannot afford mandated fighter aircraft inventory levels beyond FY-21
The Air Force cannot afford to maintain legally mandated fighter aircraft inventory levels beyond fiscal year 2021, a requirement that, if continued, is projected to force the service to eventually reduce the number of combat-coded jets and squadrons during the early years of the next decade, according to a Pentagon report.
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Defense Spending Bill Heads to Senate
—Will Skowronski
5/27/2016
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved its version of the defense spending bill on Thursday, which includes $515.9 billion in base funding and $58.6 billion in war funding. The bill, which now goes to the full Senate, largely mirrors the one the SAC Defense Subcommittee approved on Tuesday, which recommended $15.1 billion in budgets cuts to pay for unfunded requirements rather than using a large portion of overseas contingency operations funds, as the House Appropriations Committee’s version does. In the report accompanying the bill, however, the committee directs the Air Force to expedite procurement of a replacement for the UH-1N helicopter fleet that protects ICBM fields, according to a summary. Earlier in May, the service announced it would have a “full and open competition” to replace the Vietnam-era Hueys. The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to mitigate any security risk by providing additional air support until a replacement is fielded. SAC also waded into another controversial procurement project. In spite of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the Fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill limiting the Pentagon to buying nine more of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines, SAC’s bill requires all competitive launch procurements be available to all certified launch providers no matter where the engine was made, according to a summary.
Being a Super Power Requires Investment
—Jennifer Hlad
5/27/2016
The Air Force has a “path laid out” for the future, and has the money it needs for everything in that plan—except nuclear recapitalization, USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said Thursday. “We don’t have the money in our program for that,” Welsh said. And whether the Air Force gets the money it needs for that recapitalization depends on whether the US decides what it wants the military to be able to do in 30 or 50 years, Welsh said. “If you want to continue to use your military as if you are the global superpower, then it’s going to require investment,” he said. Welsh noted that the Navy doesn’t have enough money in its budget for nuclear recapitalization, either. “This is a debate that has to happen,” he said, rather than continuing to put it off. The nuclear triad has been the “backstop of our national security,” Welsh said, and if the US wants to keep it, “then we need to recapitalize it. It’s old. It’s really old.” Though some members of Congress have proposed a separate fund for new submarines—the Navy’s portion of the nuclear recapitalization effort—the Air Force has not been formally asked about that, nor has it asked for a separate fund itself, Welsh said. Still, he said, USAF would want both of its legs of the triad included if such a fund was created.
—Will Skowronski
5/27/2016
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved its version of the defense spending bill on Thursday, which includes $515.9 billion in base funding and $58.6 billion in war funding. The bill, which now goes to the full Senate, largely mirrors the one the SAC Defense Subcommittee approved on Tuesday, which recommended $15.1 billion in budgets cuts to pay for unfunded requirements rather than using a large portion of overseas contingency operations funds, as the House Appropriations Committee’s version does. In the report accompanying the bill, however, the committee directs the Air Force to expedite procurement of a replacement for the UH-1N helicopter fleet that protects ICBM fields, according to a summary. Earlier in May, the service announced it would have a “full and open competition” to replace the Vietnam-era Hueys. The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to mitigate any security risk by providing additional air support until a replacement is fielded. SAC also waded into another controversial procurement project. In spite of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the Fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill limiting the Pentagon to buying nine more of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines, SAC’s bill requires all competitive launch procurements be available to all certified launch providers no matter where the engine was made, according to a summary.
Being a Super Power Requires Investment
—Jennifer Hlad
5/27/2016
The Air Force has a “path laid out” for the future, and has the money it needs for everything in that plan—except nuclear recapitalization, USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said Thursday. “We don’t have the money in our program for that,” Welsh said. And whether the Air Force gets the money it needs for that recapitalization depends on whether the US decides what it wants the military to be able to do in 30 or 50 years, Welsh said. “If you want to continue to use your military as if you are the global superpower, then it’s going to require investment,” he said. Welsh noted that the Navy doesn’t have enough money in its budget for nuclear recapitalization, either. “This is a debate that has to happen,” he said, rather than continuing to put it off. The nuclear triad has been the “backstop of our national security,” Welsh said, and if the US wants to keep it, “then we need to recapitalize it. It’s old. It’s really old.” Though some members of Congress have proposed a separate fund for new submarines—the Navy’s portion of the nuclear recapitalization effort—the Air Force has not been formally asked about that, nor has it asked for a separate fund itself, Welsh said. Still, he said, USAF would want both of its legs of the triad included if such a fund was created.
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