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The Pentagon’s Spending Battle
"There is a $23 bln. funding gap that secretary Gates was talking about, and it is making it difficult for the Department of Defense to manage its own finances," said Todd Harrison
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Proposal Trims Defense Outlays For First Time Since 9/11 Attacks
The Defense Department "is a little bit more than half the discretionary budget," said Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. "That, combined with two wars that have been going on for years now—I'd say it's a politically challenging environment for defense spending."
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Analysis: Weaker Budget Outlook Becoming Reality for Defense
"The days of rapid growth of (weapons) acquisition spending are coming to an end," said Todd Harrison, senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington.
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Ground Combat Vehicle Program May Not Yield What Army Intends, Analysts Say
But analysts predict that given the way the program is structured, the Army may just end up with a tricked-out Bradley or a mine-resistant ambush-protected truck on tracks.
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U.S. Air Force Seeks $3.74 Billion for New Bomber Program
As a first step toward a new family of bombers, the U.S. ought to develop a fleet of at least 100 “optionally manned planes” that can carry a payload of 20,000 pounds (9,072 kilograms) and fly as far as 5,000 nautical miles, Mark Gunzinger, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent Washington-based defense research group, wrote in a report last year.
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Joint High Speed Vessel: Great Potential, But Questions Remain
The $185 million first-of-class ship is coming in on budget, officials said. That the program appears to be running more smoothly than other shipbuilding efforts can be attributed in part to the vessel’s commercial-based design, said Jan van Tol, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.