The Air Force has succeeded in its yearlong goal of cutting at least 100 years of planned schedule time from its existing weapons development programs, the service said May 23. The “Century Challenge” was launched in May 2018 as one of the Air Force’s many efforts to streamline acquisition ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved its mark of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) May 22 with a budget topline of $750 billion. But the bill faces challenges ahead as the committee’s House counterparts plan their own markup next month. While SASC ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has approved the development of a new Space Force under the Air Force in its fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) markup, but put steps in place to ensure the sixth military branch is rolled out without excess red tape. The committee ...

Florida members of the House Appropriations Committee reaffirmed their commitment to procuring a new low-cost, light attack aircraft for the Air Force during a committee markup May 21, while critiquing the Air Force’s back-and-forth commitment to the effort. The service in 2016 announced its ...

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) voted along party lines May 21 to pass the fiscal year 2020 defense appropriations bill out of committee and onto the House floor. The bill, which passed 30-22, provides $690.2 billion to the Department of Defense, an increase of nearly $16 billion over the ...

House appropriators are seeking to block funding for the Pentagon’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud project until the department details a plan for eventually transitioning the program from a single vendor to a multi-cloud approach. Lawmakers on the House ...