Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary of the Department of Defense (DOD) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, is directing the Pentagon to reassess the Trump administration's budget proposal for fiscal year 2022. Hicks
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The Department of Defense is expected to call for the U.S. Navy to expand its fleet to more than 500 ships. Supporting documents to the upcoming Future Navy Force Study obtained by
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) has released a white paper that seeks to propose a base budget of $640 billion for the Defense Department and $60 billion in overseas
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Adm. Jonathan Greenert has said the U.S. Navy is examining some defense procurement programs as it prepares its budget request for fiscal year 2016, Reuters reported Saturday. Andrea Shalal reports that Greenert, the chief of naval
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The U.S. Navy has yet to release plans for its future Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike, Small Surface Combatant and Littoral Combat Ship platforms, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes
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