The Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget recommendation to Congress will be delayed and there isn’t “an exact timeline” yet on when the request will be made, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. The budget request typically goes to Congress in early February ...

Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D), a proponent for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) nuclear modernization effort, is the new chair of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (SAC-D). Tester will now oversee the $700-plus billion defense budgeting process, citing the role as a strong ...

Army Chief Of Staff Gen. James McConville said Tuesday the service won’t “have a dollar to waste” as it pushes ahead with its more than 30 signature modernization programs while facing a tighter budget environment in the coming years. Beyond divesting of legacy systems, McConville said he ...

Lawmakers have reached a deal on a $2.3 trillion spending package that includes a pandemic relief stimulus bill and $696 billion for fiscal year 2021 defense appropriations, covering funds for 96 F-35s and an additional Virginia-class submarine.  The $900 billion emergency relief package in the ...

Congress has rejected a proposed $70 million rescission by the Coast Guard related to funding previously appropriated to initiate the acquisition of a 12th high-endurance cutter until the service weighs in on whether it wants the ship. “The Coast Guard is encouraged to officially convey a ...

Civilian nuclear weapons programs at the Department of Energy will get almost all of the $3 billion raise the White House requested for fiscal year 2021, under the omnibus spending bill unveiled Monday. Both chambers of Congress were scheduled to vote on the measure Monday evening. The compromise ...