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 want more troops, new criminal penalties in defense budget proposal
The early defense authorization bill draft calls for big boosts in Army, Navy and Air Force personnel
McCain threatens to block deputy SecDef nomination
What was expected to be an easy confirmation hearing for the Trump administration’s deputy secretary of defense nominee started on a sour note Tuesday.
US forces shoot down another Iranian drone in Syria
The encounter is the latest development in what's become an increasingly hostile standoff between the U.S. military and various forces supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's fight to stay in power.
House subpanel requests funds for cyber warfare, armed drones
A House subcommittee is advancing language to support the Trump administration’s $12.3 billion funding request for America’s most elite military forces.
Trump sends Export-Import Bank nominees to Senate
President Donald Trump has formally nominated former members of Congress, Scott Garrett and Spencer Bachus, to two vacant positions on the U.S. Export-Import bank as expected, a win for the defense and aerospace sector.
Lockheed grows closer to F-35 block buy deal with US, international customers
Lockheed Martin is hammering out the details on a F-35 block buy proposal that could shave $2 billion off the total cost of the purchase.
Dunford: Communication with Russia still open after Syria shootdown
America’s top uniformed official said lines of communication remain open with Russia following the shootdown of a Syrian regime jet by an American aircraft.
McCain urges Trump administration for Afghanistan strategy
As the U.S. readies to send 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain hammered the Trump administration for failing to produce a strategy for America’s longest war.
This week in Congress: NDAA and new Pentagon leaders
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of June 19.
