Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is urging Congress to pass full spending bills before the end of 2022, telling lawmakers that operating under a continuing resolution (CR) reduces the Pentagon’s topline “by at least $3 billion per month” below the requested fiscal year 2023 funding level.  � ...

The White House recently announced it “strongly opposes” several provisions related to the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) and hypersonic missile defense in the Senate’s fiscal year 2023 defense authorization bill. On Oct. 19, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a ...

A top House Armed Services Committee member this week argued the Defense Department’s top line budget process that divides funding among the services constrains the ability of the Navy to build a larger fleet. “I feel that…it’s all constrained by this process of a top line. This is what ...

The White House has requested Congress include $11.7 billion in aid for Ukraine in any stopgap funding legislation to keep the government after the end of the fiscal year, specifically detailing more than $7.1 billion dedicated to Pentagon-related efforts. Shalanda Young, director of the Office of ...

Senate appropriators are recommending a nearly $3 billion budget for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in fiscal year 2023, essentially the same amount as House appropriators have proposed, a substantial increase over what Congress provided the agency in FY ’22. The ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2023 defense appropriations bill, released July 28, adds $4 billion over the Navy’s request in shipbuilding. The Navy requested about $17.9 billion in shipbuilding funds for FY ‘23, but the Senate panel recommended funding the account to $31.9 ...