The acting deputy of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday told a Senate panel that Congress needs to provide funding for the department to acquire counter unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS) for the protection of critical infrastructures and U.S. borders. DHS needs “appropriations ...

The House on Tuesday evening passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, with the Senate also likely to pass the bipartisan measure, potentially this week. The continuing resolution, which passed on a 359 to 57 vote, includes an exemption allowing the Navy to move ...

The Army is reviewing its 15-year, $16 billion plan to modernize its ammunition manufacturing plants as it looks to make the facilities safer and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers for key materials, officials told lawmakers on Tuesday. The House Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee pressed ...

House Democrats’ proposed stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11 includes an exemption allowing the Navy to move forward on procurement of the first two Columbia-class submarines. The continuing resolution, which is likely to receive a vote this week, would also extend ...

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is urging Congress to retain provisions in the final version of the next defense policy bill to establish a new committee with Pentagon and Intelligence Community officials to guide AI development priorities, as well as bolstering ...

A House-passed 2021 spending bill, which would provide the $816 million the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requested for its B61-12 life-extension program, would “impair” the government’s ability to deliver that refurbished nuclear bomb on time, a senior Pentagon official ...