Budget

After a lengthy hiatus in modernization spending, a ‘starving’ Pentagon is ill suited to absorb a cash windfall under the Trump Administration, according to defense analysts. Funding for new defense […]

Boosting the military’s size and budget was a structural element of President Donald Trump’s campaign platform, but there is little agreement on how to pay for the unspecified increases now […]

The Army is trying to generate as much readiness as possible, modernize and man its units under a constrained budget, but has specific plans to invest an increase in funding […]

Outgoing Navy Secretary Ray Mabus believes the industrial base can support a force structure of 355 ships due to hot production lines and investments in shipyards. The 2016 Navy Force […]

Completing construction of the consolidated Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters will save $1.2 billion over 30 years, says a report issued this week by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking […]

The Senate on Thursday passed the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill, sending it to President Barack Obama’s desk for signature into law. The vote was 92-7. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), […]

The continuing resolution (CR) released late Tuesday includes carveouts for the Ohio-class submarine replacement program, KC-46 tanker, AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, weather satellites and certain NASA space […]

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) believes it is possible lawmakers could pass a continuing resolution (CR) this week. “We will not leave town until we get all of our […]

The U.S. House approved the fiscal year 2017 defense authorization conference report by a wide margin Dec. 2, voting 375 to 34 to send the measure to the Senate for […]