Congress

A bipartisan pair of House Armed Services Committee members said Wednesday that the Pentagon’s combatant commands should be given more authority to directly go and procure innovative technologies that can […]

The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he’s “encouraged” by President Trump’s plan to establish a new office in the White House dedicated to bolstering domestic shipbuilding.  […]

The Coast Guard’s goal of a $20 billion annual budget has received a positive reception from the Trump administration, the service’s acting operations head said on Wednesday. In discussions with […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]