


Proposed Senate defense bill would add $500M in long-term Ukraine aid
The Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative is one of two main ways the Pentagon has provided military support to Ukraine over the last three years.

Congress
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.

The case for a defense budget that focuses more on China, less on climate change
Two House Republican leaders argue that with the Pentagon's new budget request, you can almost hear the laughter of the United States' adversaries.

US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance
The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers -- but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.

Lawmakers crunching the numbers on potential surface Navy additions to FY22 spending plan
Lawmakers are unhappy the Navy both requested to decommission seven cruisers and cut its planned two-destroyer buy down to one in its fiscal 2022 spending request.

Troops who refused anthrax vaccine paid a high price
An unknown fraction of service members who were punished for refusing the anthrax vaccine in the late 1990s and early 2000s have sought to have their records corrected, but only a few have had success.

House repeals 2002 war authorization, with Senate action coming next
The House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq, a step that supporters say is necessary to constrain presidential war powers even though it is unlikely to affect U.S. military operations around the world.

Another Boeing-Airbus tanker war is coming soon
The Air Force wants to buy as many as 160 KC-Y tankers after it's finished with KC-46 production. Both Airbus and Boeing are ready to compete.

Lawmakers push to boost Missile Defense Agency budget second year in a row
Another push in Congress to inject funding into the Missile Defense Agency's budget is afoot.

Lawmakers are worried about the US Navy’s spending plan and a near-term China threat
The Navy's FY22 spending plans met resistance from lawmakers who worry that it doesn't preserve enough force structure for a near-term fight with China and that it doesn't invest enough in growing the fleet.

Classified Navy JADC2 budget plan has a few spending hints
Experts pointed out signs of the service's joint war-fighting spending priorities and weighed in on possible reasons for the secrecy.
