Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
This Tuesday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the House Appropriations defense subcommittee's military spending bill and more.
Here's our preliminary coverage of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee's fiscal year 2025 spending bill:
House defense appropriators draft bill without additional sub and would increase F-35 buys
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has released a draft version of the fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill that differs in several ways from their colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee, specifically by forgoing funds for an additional Virginia-class submarine and increasing procurement for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
House appropriators break with authorizers on shipbuilding, cutting frigate, LSM and second VA sub
A draft defense spending bill released today by House appropriators would fund only four battle force ships and only one Virginia-class submarine in fiscal year 2025, marking a significant break from both the Navy's budget request and from House authorizers' defense policy bill.
Gen. James Rainey, the head of Army Futures Command, spoke this week at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event:
Rainey: It is too early to set up a drone branch for the Army
The Army's top modernization officer says it is too early to set up a drone branch for the service, becoming the latest service official to oppose a congressional proposal supporting the idea.
The U.S. ambassador to NATO spoke to the media this week at a Defense Writers Group breakfast:
NATO looks to give global arms industry clearer demand signals by sharing defense plans
U.S. NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith said today the alliance intends to make new defense production announcements at a key summit in July that could give arms manufacturers insight into NATO's defense planning guidance in the hopes the information will serve as a multiyear "demand signal" to spur new investments in munitions capacity.
The Defense Innovation Unit and Air Force Armament Directorate are working on a new autonomous vehicle program:
DIU, Air Force Armament Directorate announce four companies selected for enterprise test vehicle project
The Defense Innovation Unit and the Air Force Armament Directorate (EB) announced today that the partnership selected four companies that will support their Enterprise Test Vehicle (ETV) project.