Budget

The fiscal year 2015 defense budget request could bring procurement spending back up to the same level as its peak in 2010–but only if Congress allows the Defense Department to […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee will likely try to push through  a continuing resolution next week when Congress returns, as the prospects of completing the normal appropriations process in the eight […]

The military services have submitted their fiscal year 2016 Program Objective Memoranda (POMs) to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to begin the process of adding and subtracting to […]

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel yesterday said he’s given top DoD officials the green light to develop another “offset” strategy and offered snippets of Better Buying Power 3.0, more of […]

Ongoing airstrikes in Iraq against the terrorist group Islamic State may affect the yet-to-be-finalized defense budget in fiscal year 2015, officials have said, though it is unclear when Congress will […]

President Barack Obama signed into law late Monday a bill providing $225 million in emergency supplemental funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system in Israel. The funding for the […]

Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley told several lawmakers on Friday that he appreciates the money they provided for an extra LPD amphibious transport dock but could not promise them the service would […]

The health of the tactical solid rocket motor industrial base is a concern for the Senate Appropriators, who made that clear in calling for a report assessing foreign and domestic-sourced […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee added $225 million to its Emergency Supplemental Funding bill for the current fiscal year to support Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system in light of ongoing […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense spending bill addresses several aspects of how and with whom the Defense Department conducts business, including a measure addressing the topic of corporate inversion that […]