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Two of the U.S. military’s smaller combatant commands require additional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to better fulfill their mission requirements, officials told lawmakers Jan. 30. U.S. Africa Command […]

As Congress prepares to evaluate the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2021 budget request next month, U.S. Southern Command’s top official asked the Senate Armed Services Committee for additional ships at […]

A House panel on Wednesday warned of the potential for the U.S. to slip behind China in near-term critical technology development, with calls to double basic research funding over the […]

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday marked up a number of bills, including one that would grant a five-year term to the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […]

A bipartisan group of senators last Thursday introduced a bill that would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a federally-funded Cybersecurity State Coordinator program, providing an official in […]

The Navy deserves a larger cut of the annual budget to ensure it is prepared for its role in a future conflict with peer adversaries, but must make tough choices […]

Grappling with various concerns over the accuracy, use and accelerating rollout of facial recognition technology, Democratic and Republican leaders on a House committee plan to introduce legislation soon related to […]

Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) are “deeply concerned” with reports the Defense Department may reduce planned ship procurement in the fiscal year 2021 budget request, according […]

Lawmakers who sit on the recently formed Cyberspace Solarium Commission hope that a new report to be released early this year will provide ample guidance to prompt the U.S. government […]

The Senate passed H.R. 1158, a minibus appropriations bill providing funds to the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, among others, by a vote of 81-11 Dec. 19. Lawmakers voting […]