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Homeland SecurityDesign Nearly Complete On Polar Security Cutter, Full Rate Production Still Ahead
Bollinger Shipyards has completed more than 90 percent of the design of the Coast Guard’s first heavy polar icebreaker in 50 years and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will […]
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CongressSASC Presses DoD Policy Chief Nom Colby On Ukraine, As Trump Pauses Further Military Aid
A day after the Trump administration’s decision to pause further military aid to Ukraine, the president’s pick for the Pentagon’s top policy job was pressed during his confirmation hearing on […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Nominee Says He Will Work To Improve Industrial Base, Evaluate Contracts
President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Navy promised legislators Thursday he would evaluate contracts and improve the shipbuilding industrial base, while justifying his utility as an outsider businessman with […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Lacks Performance Goals For Scaling Commercial Technology, GAO Says
A recent shift in plans by the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to accelerate efforts to speed the adoption of commercial technologies for use by warfighters is lacking the […]
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CongressHouse Narrowly Passes Budget Blueprint With $100 Billion For Defense
The House on Tuesday evening narrowly passed a budget resolution that sets a blueprint for passing Trump administration priorities via the reconciliation process, to include spending $100 billion on defense […]
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CongressDOGE Missing Mark And Opportunity, HASC Ranking Member Says
Random firings combined with no clear direction from the Trump administration’s fledgling government efficiency effort so far are not unlocking new and better ways of doing business at the Defense […]
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CongressGive Large, Non-Defense U.S. Manufacturers ‘A Shot’ at New Programs, Feinberg Says
Simplifying DoD program requirements as part of an effort to spur more companies to make defense systems is a priority for Stephen Feinberg, the co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management and […]
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CongressTop Senate Defense Appropriator McConnell Won’t Seek Reelection In 2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the upper chamber’s top defense appropriator, said Thursday he will not seek reelection in 2026. McConnell will end his four-decade career after having served as the […]
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BudgetSASC Chair Supports Hegseth’s DoD Budget Review, Plan To Cut And Move Billions To New Priorities
The Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Thursday he supports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to “review the entire budget” at the Pentagon to find around $50 […]
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CongressTrump Backs House Budget Blueprint With $100 Billion For Defense Over Senate Proposal
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed the House GOP’s budget resolution proposal that would take a one-bill, all-encompassing approach to passing administration priorities, to include $100 billion in defense funds. Trump’s […]