Budget

The Senate Appropriations Committee this morning passed its fiscal year 2016 defense spending bill, which adds 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, 10 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, a Joint High Speed Vessel […]

A bill approved earlier this year by the Senate Intelligence Committee that would enable increased sharing of cyber threat data between the public and private sectors may be considered as […]

In a 46–51 vote, Senate Republicans on June 9 toppled an amendment to the 2016 defense authorization bill that would block the obligation of $38 billion in extra wartime spending […]

After a speedy 10-minute markup this morning, the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee moved forward its fiscal year 2016 defense bill, which includes funding for an additional ship and 12 […]

The Senate Thursday morning passed an amendment to the 2016 defense authorization bill that adds $371 million for Stryker armored vehicle lethality upgrades. In a 61-34 vote, lawmakers agreed to […]

The House Appropriations Committee moved forward its $578.6 billion defense appropriations bill today, beating back a Democratic amendment that would reverse a boost to wartime spending that allows Republicans to […]

Concerns about the military’s waning technological dominance have fueled a $200 million boost to directed energy research in the Senate Armed Service Committee’s (SASC) defense authorization bill. The committee’s version […]

The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee on May 19 released its draft of the appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016. While the draft is in line with the House defense […]

The House on Monday unanimously approved a two-year authorization bill for the Coast Guard that allows for the appropriation of up to $1.5 billion annually for acquisition funding each of […]

With gains to shipbuilding, undersea warfare and its tactical aircraft fleet, the Navy emerged as the major winner in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) fiscal year 2016 defense authorization […]