A critical component of the Air Force’s KC-46A aerial refueling tanker that has been caught up in a difficult development has made more progress in the past month than in the entire previous year, a sign the program is trending in the right direction, Air Force Acquisition Chief Will Roper told a ...

Navy leaders on Thursday admitted at a hearing that the FY 2021 shipbuilding budget request numbers slows the service’s goal of reaching 355 ships. The Navy’s FY ’21 shipbuilding request seeks eight battle force ships for $20 billion, down four ships and from $24 billion from the previous ...

The government’s funding request in fiscal year 2021 for border security technology favors new artificial intelligence (AI)-based tower systems that can autonomously detect illegal border crossing activity, the head of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told a House budget panel on Thursday. The ...

The top defense civilian and military officials received a stern rebuke from members of the House Armed Services Committee during a Feb. 26 hearing for submitting a new budget request with reduced funds for shipbuilding. HASC Seapower Subcommittee Chairman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) lambasted Defense ...

The Coast Guard needs more funding to protect the homeland, particularly in intercepting drug smugglers at sea, Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) said on Tuesday, and he expressed his disappointment that the Department of Homeland Security’s budget request for fiscal year 2021 excludes construction ...

Lawmakers across Capitol Hill are fighting against the Trump administration’s shift of nearly $4 billion in procurement funding to fund new border wall construction, with multiple defense-oriented Republican members citing executive branch overreach as the main factor. House Armed Services ...