Senate policy bill rejects Air Force request to send some A-10s in the boneyard The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the FY22 defense policy bill would guardrails on the number of fighters, C-130s and B-1s the Air Force can retire. By: Valerie Insinna 1 day ago
DoD would see a big budget boost, military justice overhaul under Senate proposal The $740 billion defense authorization bill proposal received bipartisan support in the Senate Armed Services Committee. By: Leo Shane III and Valerie Insinna 1 day ago
To afford next-gen combat aircraft, the US Air Force will make cuts to ISR inventory The Air Force plans to drop from 60 to 56 MQ-9 Reaper combat lines in fiscal 2022 as the U.S. military decreases its presence in the Middle East. By: Valerie Insinna 3 days ago
Some C-130H units to be replaced by cyber ops, helicopters Congress needs to sign off on the Hercules retirements first. By: Rachel S. Cohen July 14
House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans. By: Joe Gould July 14
Give combatant commanders the tools to innovate Innovations set to arrive in the 2030s or 2040s will be irrelevant if U.S. forces fail to prevent Chinese or Russian aggression during the next decade. By: Bryan Clark and Dan Patt July 13
House appropriators want to shave $44M off Air Force’s flagship hypersonic program Lawmakers said the flight test program had become "increasingly delayed and compressed," leading to larger risk of concurrency. By: Valerie Insinna July 12
House appropriators fund Hawaii missile defense radar, but cut dollars for Guam The House Appropriations Committee is cutting a chunk out of the Missile Defense Agency's funding to set up a more robust missile defense architecture to defend Guam. By: Jen Judson July 12
House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.” By: Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein July 12
Can defense squeeze onto Congress’ busy agenda? On Congress’ agenda when members return from the July 4 recess: late-arriving defense spending and policy bills as well as President Joe Biden’s pick for Navy secretary, among other Pentagon nominees. By: Joe Gould July 9
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