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Matthew Beinart
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Capitol Hill Report 6.22.26
// PDF View- Senate Authorization Bill Restricts Building Navy Warships Overseas With Limited Exception For Auxiliaries
- ‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default
- Army ‘Looking At Options’ For Supporting Munitions Boost Plans If Reconciliation Fails, Official Says
- Trump Leverages Defense Production Act To Boost Munitions Collaboration Within Industry
- Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”
- General Atomics And Anduril Continue Into CCA EMD; Shield AI, Collins, And Anduril Picked For Mission Autonomy
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DDNW 6.16.26
// PDF View- HASC’s Final FY ‘27 NDAA Expands Systems Eligible For Multi-Years, Includes LTAMDS, IBCS, ARRW
- Air Force Eyes Mass Production of FAMM-P While Also Pursuing FAMM-L
- Defense Watch: Budget Progress, Tanker News, AIA Concerns with Bill, VAMPIRE Order
- USAF Looks To Start Building Family Of Affordable Mass Missiles In September
- CACI’s SkyValor Counter-Drone System Validated For Operational Use By JIATF-401
- House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation
- State Department Okays $2 Billion Sale Of Anduril C-UAS Systems; JASSM-ER For Denmark
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CongressSASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding
Senate defense authorizers are seeking more info from the Army on its plans for scaling and deploying small drone capabilities citing concern with the service’s current “fragmented and insufficient” approach. […]
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ArmyArmy Plans To Initiate ISV-Heavy Competition Later This Year, Official Says
The Army is planning to initiate its competition to build the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV)-Heavy in the fourth quarter of this year, a senior acquisition official has said. Jesse Tolleson, […]
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ArmyArmy ‘Looking At Options’ For Supporting Munitions Boost Plans If Reconciliation Fails, Official Says
The Army is “looking at options” for how it would support planned boosts to munitions production if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation bill with the requested funding, a senior acquisition […]
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Congress‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default
The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says
The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]
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Capitol Hill Report 6.15.26
// PDF View- SASC Approves $1.14 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right to Repair’ Reform, Stock Buyback Restriction
- House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation
- McConnell: “Safe To Conclude There Will Not Be A Third Reconciliation Bill”
- SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts
- SASC Wants Boost In Air Force MQ-9 Numbers
- The Golden Dome: A Costly Blind Alley
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Capitol Hill Report 6.8.26
// PDF View- HASC Approves $1.15 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right To Repair’ Reform
- Defense Bill Tries To Block Foreign Shipbuilding, Adds $1 Billion For Second DDG
- HASC Rejects $150 Billion Topline Cut, Iran Cost Transparency Proposals At NDAA Markup
- Congress Needed Pentagon’s Iran Supplemental Request ‘Yesterday,’ HASC’s Wittman Says
- Air Force Leadership Backs MYPs Beyond F-35 And F-15EX
- HASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs
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DDNW 6.9.26
// PDF View- Elbit America Teams With Anduril On Offering For Army’s Future Howitzer Competition
- Marines Award Block II Deal To Oshkosh, Forterra For Autonomous ROGUE-Fires Platforms
- Defense Watch: HASC Work, DDG Delivery, C-130 Autonomy, Swarm Forge
- Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill
- Oshkosh Confirms Interest In Pursuing Marines’ Potential JLTV Second Sourcing Effort
- Lockheed Details Successful Propulsion Demo For PrSM Inc. 4 Design, Flight Test To Begin This Fall
- MUSV At-Sea Testing Limited To Seven Selectees But Could Re-Open If Navy Wants USVs With Different Requirements