Saturday, June 22, 2024
Saturday, June 22, 2024
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest starts off with Democrat’s objections to sections of the House defense appropriations bill, new cost figures for the Air Force B-52 engine program, a new schedule for getting the V-22 flying again, and more.
House Democrats don’t like many of the provisions in the defense appropriations bill:
House defense spending bill advances, Dems decry ‘poison pill’ riders
The GOP-led House Appropriations Committee voted to advance its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill along party lines today, with Democrats standing in opposition to what they said were “poison pill” policy riders that target abortion services, climate change mitigation and diversity initiatives.
The Air Force has a new price tag to re-engine the B-52 bomber:
B-52 new engine procurement costs jump by $1 billion; 12.5% hike not yet cost growth
The Air Force is ratcheting up the estimated cost to put new commercial engines on the legacy B-52 bomber fleet, publicly disclosing for the first time a nearly $1 billion increase in the procurement cost for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program.
The Air Force is ratcheting up the estimated cost to put new commercial engines on the legacy B-52 bomber fleet, publicly disclosing for the first time a nearly $1 billion increase in the procurement cost for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program.
The V-22 fleet won’t be fully back in business until next year:
Osprey fleet will not be fully mission-capable until at least 2025, official tells Congress
A return to full mission capability for the V-22 Osprey fleet is not expected until mid-2025, a senior naval official told members of Congress today.
Officials gathered today for a House Oversight and Accountability national security, the border and foreign affairs subcommittee hearing on safety concerns within the V-22 fleet, which has faced scrutiny over the years following several deadly accidents and was recently grounded for three months following a crash off the coast of Japan in November 2023, when eight service members were killed.
The Biden administration has a problem with language in the House defense authorization bill:
White House objects to draft legislation that would block THAAD-IBCS integration
The Biden administration says a proposed funding cut by a House committee would impede combatant commanders' ability to counter sophisticated air and missile threats by blocking the Army from integrating the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system with the service's new Integrated Battle Command System.
A House committee wants to shift money around in DOD’s budget:
House appropriators look to rescind $1.2B in defense spending
The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider a bill tomorrow that would rescind more than $1.2 billion in defense spending, according to a draft report accompanying the bill.
The report, obtained by Inside Defense, states that appropriators intend to rescind most of the funds from fiscal year 2024 appropriations, though FY-23 would see cuts of nearly $50 million to MQ-25 procurement and more than $200 million from F-22 Raptor procurement.