* Patty Murray [D-WA], Chairman of the US Senate Budget Committee, introduced the first Senate budget proposal in years with a plan that seeks to replace sequestration with smaller budget cuts mixed with tax increases. This outline professes to save "$240 billion by...
* Chairman of the US House Budget Committee Paul Ryan submitted a new decade-long budget outline [PDF] that includes lower levels of defense spending than the one he issued last year, or the plan he supported as a vice presidential candidate. The Congressional Budget...
* Pentagon CFO Bob Dale said furloughs can begin on April 26, with 22 days without pay for DoD civilian employees from then until Sept. 30. * A US Navy EA-6B Prowler from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, WA, crashed yesterday during a training flight. The 3 crew...
* The White House issued an Executive Order last Friday to delegate export control authority of defense articles to the Secretary of State. Changes to the U.S. Munitions List (USML) are on the way, to be enacted after a period of congressional notification. * North...
* The President Budget for FY14 may be delayed further to early April, in order to let Senate Democrats and the White House get in sync, according to the NYT. In the meantime Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is working on the Senate's...
M1117 @ Yaqubi.AF(click to view full) The M1117 armored car is already in use in Afghanistan, with the US Army (esp. Military Police) and with Bulgarian forces. Its combined .50 cal/ 40mm grenade turret offers more firepower than a Humvee, and its shape and...
* The US Air Force would like more flexibility in the payment of future fixed-priced development contracts and multiyear procurements, reports AviationWeek. In other words, the benefits of commitment without really committing. It seems likely that such flexibility...
* The US House of Representatives will vote on HR 933 today, a bill which would fund DoD through the end of the current fiscal year. The White House implies [PDF] that it will likely get signed. * The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee is holding...
* Chairman of the US House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee Hal Rogers [R-KY] introduced a bill yesterday that mixes appropriations for the departments of Defense and Veteran Affairs with an extended Continuing Resolution for other federal agencies through...