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Budget Data / Defense / Featured / North America

Congress Scales Back Ambitions in Final FY25 Defense Deal

April 24, 2025April 25, 2025 - by Shaun McDougall

In a break from tradition, Congress passed a full-year continuing resolution (CR) to fund the Department of Defense for Fiscal Year 2025, a move that provides new-start authority but hinders …

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Defense / North America

Momentum Grows for Year-Long Continuing Resolution

March 4, 2025 - by Shaun McDougall

Momentum is growing in Washington for a year-long continuing resolution (CR) that would run through the remainder of FY25, which ends September 30. FY25 began on October 1, 2024, but …

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Budget Data / Defense / Featured / North America

Competing Visions for the Pentagon’s FY25 Budget

October 23, 2024October 22, 2024 - by Shaun McDougall

Congress is at a crossroads over the FY25 defense budget. Although the Biden administration’s FY25 budget request adhered to Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) spending caps, House and Senate defense committees …

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Defense / North America

Draft House Spending Bill Would Reduce Procurement, Increase Investment in Research & Development

June 6, 2024 - by Shaun McDougall

The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee signed off on a draft of the FY25 defense appropriations bill this week, setting the stage for consideration by the full committee and eventually the …

Draft House Spending Bill Would Reduce Procurement, Increase Investment in Research & Development Read More
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Defense / Featured / North America

Aircraft and Combat Vehicles Drive Growth in Pentagon’s FY24 Spending Bill

April 24, 2024April 22, 2024 - by Shaun McDougall

Aircraft and combat vehicles were among the big winners of the final FY24 defense appropriations bill, while spending on missiles and space programs saw a decline compared to the administrator’s …

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Defense / North America

Senate Appropriators Agree to Bypass Spending Limits, Add $8 Billion for Defense

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 - by Shaun McDougall

The leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee reached an agreement to add $8 billion to the FY24 defense budget, using emergency spending authority to bypass spending limits put in place …

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Defense / Military Aircraft / North America

House Bill Keeps Alternate F-35 Engine Afloat, but Only for Research Purposes

July 10, 2023July 7, 2023 - by Shaun McDougall

The House’s recent version of the FY24 defense appropriations bill provided a lifeline for the alternate engine being developed for the F-35, but the legislation doesn’t foresee actually using the …

House Bill Keeps Alternate F-35 Engine Afloat, but Only for Research Purposes Read More
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Defense / North America

Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Advances FY20 Funding Bill

September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 - by Shaun McDougall

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense advanced its FY20 funding bill on September 10.  The legislation provides $694.9 billion for the Department of Defense, which is $20.5 billion above the …

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Defense / North America

U.S. Defense Bill Boosts Procurement Despite Topline Cuts

January 8, 2016November 15, 2019 - by Forecast International

by Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. U.S. lawmakers released an omnibus appropriations bill on December 16, 2015. The legislation was passed by Congress and signed into law on …

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