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.
Lawmakers criticize Pentagon’s funding plan for science and tech; official also talks ‘Star Trek’
Last year, Congress increased science and technology funding by $2 billion. Will it act again?
America’s bomber force is too small and getting smaller
A former Air Force vice chief of staff argues that America’s bomber force is in a crisis.
Iranian proxy ‘likely’ launched strike that killed 2 American troops in Iraq, says US general
A rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and one U.K. service member was “most likely” conducted by a Shia militia group, but the Pentagon is still investigating, the top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said.
SECDEF issues global travel restrictions to help stop coronavirus spread
Effective Friday, all troops, military civilian employees and family members traveling to or from locations with widespread transmission of the illness, designated “Warning Level 3” (which at the moment include Italy, South Korea and China) will “stop movement” for the next 60 days.
Congress passes Iran war limit, baiting Trump veto
The U.S. House approved a bipartisan measure Wednesday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran.
Coronavirus shaking up America’s defense industry
The U.S. aerospace and defense sector is feeling the impact of the coronavirus, with companies limiting travel, defense trade events scuttled and contingency planning underway.
This week in Congress: Rapidly spreading worries about coronavirus
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 9, 2020.
As Pentagon vacancies peak, time runs out to fill jobs
Of 60 Senate-confirmable positions at the Pentagon, more than one third are unfilled, and time is running out for the Trump administration on the Senate’s abbreviated, election-year calendar.
Lawmaker floats Boeing squeeze play for troubled KC-46
House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Wittman, R-Va., said the Air Force should pressure Boeing by accepting only the minimum number of tankers.
