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The Air Force last Friday awarded Boeing [BA] the contract to build the first sixth-generation manned fighter aircraft that it said will have more stealth, range, maneuverability, sustainability, readiness, and […]

Congressional appropriators have provided Pentagon leadership with how they would like fiscal year 2025 defense funds spent under the continuing resolution, to include adding six more F-35s, cutting MQ-25 drone […]

The vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee said Tuesday he believes the final defense topline for an eventual budget reconciliation bill will “end up somewhere north” of $100 […]

The House Armed Services Committee will emphasize acquisition reform in its work crafting the next defense policy bill, the panel’s vice chair said Tuesday. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) said HASC […]

Three House members on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a new maritime industrial base commission to study and make recommendations on the U.S. maritime industry. The bill, called […]

Amid a possible shutdown later in the week, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services on Wednesday pledged his support for the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed by the House but […]

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday she will not seek reelection in […]

The stopgap funding measure passed by the House and pending before the Senate to avert a government shutdown includes $33.3 billion for shipbuilding, a slight boost above the Navy’s request, […]

The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a stopgap funding measure to avert a pending government shutdown with a 217-213 vote, sending the bill to the Senate. The lower chamber voted […]

The House’s stopgap funding proposal to avert a government shutdown, which includes an $8 billion defense add, faces a tight path to pass the lower chamber this week but is […]