Michigan bids to become America’s arsenal of rapid defense innovation
Michigan is making a pitch to be America’s factory floor for the future of warfare.
Congress
Senate bill seeks to protect shipbuilding jobs from workforce cuts
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation to shield America’s public shipyards from hiring freezes and mass layoffs.
Eyeing China, Biden defense budget boosts research and cuts procurement
U.S. President Joe Biden’s first budget request for the Department of Defense slashes procurement by $8 billion, whacking scores of legacy weapons and systems as a way to deliver a $5.5 billion boost for the development and testing of cutting-edge technologies that could deter China.
US Army’s FY22 budget backs modernization, cuts ‘down into bone’ of legacy fleet
The Army takes a hit in the president's fiscal 2022 budget request, but not enough to derail modernization efforts critical to the future fight ... this time.
Army cuts procurement of airborne jammer in smaller electronic warfare budget
The service won't buy one its top electronic warfare systems this year. But the drone-mounted jamming and cyber pod can re-compete when developmental testing is done.
Senate confirms Pentagon finance and intel chiefs
The Senate has confirmed Pentagon comptroller nominee Michael McCord by unanimous consent, the official expected to lead the department’s ongoing audit.
US Air Force to mothball dozens of A-10s, F-15s and F-16s in FY22 budget
The U.S. Air Force wants to send more than 200 aircraft to the boneyard. Will lawmakers push back?
US budget: Focus on strategy, not numbers
The debate over the U.S. defense budget is not simply a battle over dollars and cents.
Pentagon budget will shake up ‘legacy’ systems. Lawmakers are shaking back.
Top Pentagon officials are asking Congress to let them use the upcoming budget to shed unneeded weapons in order to invest in forward-looking technologies now. It wasn't an easy conversation.
Biden nuclear nominee would continue Trump-era plutonium pit production plans
President Biden’s nominee to oversee nuclear warhead development says the U.S. should continue plans to ramp up production of plutonium cores, a key component used in nuclear weapons.
Expand Pentagon’s Chinese investment blacklist, says new report
Washington has restricted trade against more than 40 companies linked to the Chinese military, but they’re just the “tip of the iceberg,” says a new report.
