by ADC | Jan 26, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
DOD’s budget request expected on Capitol Hill next month will prioritize technology, innovation, research and development and make “tough choices” to cut other items, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies,...
by ADC | Jan 22, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
In two messages released to the Armed Forces since Jan. 1, Sec. Esper has highlighted “aggressive reforms” in the Pentagon, including shifting up to $5 billion from non-service defense agencies. Defense policy analyst Mackenzie Eaglen wrote in a Defense One column...
by ADC | Jan 15, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
The Pentagon has completed its planning for the fiscal year 2021 budget request that will be sent to Capitol Hill next month, and while it includes some difficult choices, “harder choices are coming again” in future years, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Wednesday....
by ADC | Jan 14, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
The Navy needs a bigger piece of the Pentagon budget to implement the defense strategy, its top leaders said this week, according to Defense News. “In the 1980s, the Navy’s percentage of the DOD budget was 38 percent,” Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief of naval...
by ADC | Jan 13, 2020 | Congress/DoD, DC360
The Army is able to spend an additional $1 billion on modernization and readiness, thanks to a focused effort on changing the way it buys goods and services, Federal News Network reported. “We really have seen about a 9% savings from the actions we’ve taken,” said...