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.
US-Taliban peace deal ‘on the table,’ says Esper
Signs are strong that all sides are closer than ever to ending of the 18-year conflict, America’s longest war.
State of White House McCusker nomination in flux amid impeachment fallout
A top Senate Republican on Tuesday cast doubt on a report the White House will pull Elaine McCusker's nomination
Corps looks to cut more than 2,000 active-duty Marines in 2021 budget
The changes intend to build a “more experienced, better trained, and more capable force,” the budget says.
Air Force makes reductions to B-1s, A-10s, Global Hawk drones and more in FY21 budget request
Some of the Air Force's aging aircraft are getting retired, but the service abstained from divesting total fleets.
Space Force asks for $15B in its first budget request
The Space Force is requesting $15.4 billion in fiscal 2021 to continue building up the fledgling service and keep its weapons priorities on track.
Defense Secretary Esper says nuclear missile sub is ‘the Navy’s bill,’ setting up a fight with Congress
Despite years of warnings of the consequences to Navy shipbuilding it it was forced to pay for the new Columbia class ballistic missile submarine alone, Defense Secretary Esper says it's the Navy's bill to pay.
Four friction points to watch in the FY21 defense budget
Congress will receive President Donald Trump’s FY21 budget proposal for the Pentagon and other federal agencies on Monday, but don’t expect it to pass as drafted.
This week in Congress: Budget season begins
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Feb. 10, 2020.
The Iraq War has cost the US nearly $2 trillion
Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave — or was evicted from — Iraq immediately, the bill of war to the U.S. to date would be an estimated $1.922 trillion in current dollars.
