House passes Trump megabill with $150 billion in military funding
The bill includes $150 billion for the Pentagon, earmarked for shipbuilding, the Golden Dome and restocking precision weapons, among other priorities.
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All US military boots should be made in America, lawmakers contend
The bill requires all combat boots worn by U.S. service members, including optional boots, to be American-made.
Smith slams F-35 lifecycle costs: ‘We can do a hell of a lot better’
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith on Tuesday criticized Lockheed Martin and others over the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter over its exorbitant lifecycle costs.
House appropriators want more cargo helos for US Army in FY22
House appropriators' funding of the CH-47F Block II Chinook cargo helicopter in its FY22 spending bill sets up another year of support for a procurement program for which the Army has little appetite.
Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts
Leaders of the House’s Blue Dog Coalition say they oppose calls to fund any less than the requested $753 billion national defense budget.
The Air Force’s new ABMS strategy: Buy new capability, now
In buying the first pieces of the Advanced Battle Management System, the Air Force hopes to prove the program's worth.
Inhofe revives bill to target Ligado
Legislation has returned that would force Ligado to cover the cost of any GPS user whose signal gets crowded out by Ligado's use of the L-band spectrum.
Iraq AUMF repeal vote delayed until mid-July
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to take up a bipartisan measure to repeal the 2002 and 1991 war authorizations for Iraq in mid-July.
Pentagon chiefs insist flat defense budget is enough
Top defense officials have completed multiple trips to Capitol Hill to defend President Joe Biden’s flat defense budget request, and now the task of tailoring that request falls to Congress.
Biden picks Russia pro for key Pentagon post
President Joe Biden is set to nominate the chief executive of the U.S.-Russia Foundation and a former National Security Council official on Russia to be the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs on Tuesday.
