Congress

Recognizing the Army’s need to upgrade or replace its ground vehicles and aircraft for future combat, House lawmakers will ask for plans to accelerate both the modernization of its armored […]

Lawmakers support Army efforts to fast track short-range air defense capabilities to the field to counter enemy missiles and unmanned aircraft but are concerned that the service may need more […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee on April 24 approved President Trump’s nominees to head U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM). The committee endorsed Navy Adm. Philip Davidson […]

The U.S. Air Force is studying how many more fighters, bombers and other aircraft it might need to counter growing threats from China and other potential adversaries, service leaders said […]

Software deliveries have begun for the U.S. Air Force’s future B-21 Raider bomber, a service official said late April 18. “We’ve delivered the first set of software for the platform, and we’re […]

The U.S. Senate narrowly approved Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) as NASA’s 13th administrator April 19, ending a months-long stalemate over his controversial nomination. The 50-49 party-line vote came a day […]

The Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday to create a program for hackers to infiltrate Department of Homeland Security networks with the aim of discovering software vulnerabilities before malicious actors […]

At the conclusion of a Senate hearing on Tuesday to consider the nomination of Vice Adm. Karl Schultz to be the next Commandant of the Coast Guard, Sen. Roger Wicker […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) would be scrapped under a Department of Defense streamlining bill unveiled April 17 by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services […]

Pentagon technology chief Michael Griffin said April 17 that he wants to field a megawatt-class, directed energy (DE) device in space by the late 2020s to protect the United States […]