Both the House and Senate defense authorization bills, approved by their respective armed services committees, directed reports and briefings on the Columbia-class submarine program due to schedule and cost concerns. The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) draft national Defense ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s mark of the next defense policy bill includes a proposal to establish a 5G technology demonstration facility at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Lawmakers included the directive in their proposal for the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act ( ...

The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday morning approved its $733 billion proposal for the next defense policy bill,  which includes plans to set up a new Space Corps within the Air Force. HASC lawmakers voted 33 to 24 to advance its FY ’20 National Defense Authorization Act ...

The House Appropriations Committee on June 11 marked up its version of Department of Homeland Security’s fiscal year 2020 spending bill, recommending that Customs and Border Protection assess contractor provided services for border security technology procurement, a radical departure from the ...

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved a set of naval en bloc amendments for the FY ’20 defense authorization bill on Wednesday, directing further reports and briefings from the Navy. An amendment brought by Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) requires the Navy to brief the committee on the ...

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday approved an amendment to its mark for the next defense policy bill proposing the Pentagon establish a new office to coordinate technical priorities for hypersonics weapons projects across the services. The amendment from the Intelligence and ...