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After the Senate Armed Services Committee approved boosting the topline of its defense policy bill by $25 billion, the upper chamber’s top appropriator reiterated this week that any defense spending […]

Immigration reform is needed to expand the defense and shipbuilding industrial base and workforce to enable building submarines at a faster rate, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Friday. Kaine said […]

The Senate Armed Services’ Committee’s (SASC) $923.3 billion defense authorization bill will wait for a floor vote until after the July 4 recess, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senate’s president […]

While the Pentagon has backed innovative approaches, such as Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) and commercial paths, to help speed fielding, the DoD efforts thus far are insufficient, the Government […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SAC) version of the draft fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) pushes the Navy to procure a second attack submarine, third destroyer and […]

The House last Friday morning approved its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill on the back of strong Republican support for the $883.7 billion measure as all […]

The House on Thursday continued considering the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, debating a series of amendments aimed at prohibiting further Ukraine aid and a slew of GOP-proposed […]

The fiscal 2024 minibus, enacted in March, contains a $200 million congressional add over the U.S. Air Force request for the Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetail, and House appropriators have advised […]

House appropriators on Wednesday approved a $2.1 billion procurement budget for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2025, a substantial increase above the Biden administration’s request but still well below […]

The House on Wednesday began debate on its fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with Democrats warning GOP-proposed “poison pill amendments” are set to hinder the typical bipartisan […]