Congress

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) is working toward providing the Air Force RD-180 relief in the form of additional national security waivers, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Thursday. Lawmakers are […]

Autonomous systems offer a wealth of promise for the military, but working with industry to transition technology from research labs to the battlefield will be key, service officials said on […]

Amid a proliferating use of use of small unmanned aircraft and a hundreds of drone encounters at sensitive sites and with airport operations, the chairman and ranking member of the […]

The Air Force’s current plan to buy anywhere from 80 to 100 Long Range Strike Bombers (LRSB) will not be sufficient to meet operational requirements, and double that number could […]

House leaders are contemplating the addition of funds to the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account—which funds wartime expenses—to augment operations against the Islamic State terror group, the chairman of the […]

The head of a commercial space trade group is confident President Barack Obama will sign into law the commercial space launch bill that passed the House Monday evening. Commercial Spaceflight […]

The House on Monday at press time was set to vote on a compromise commercial space launch bill that, if approved, would arrive on President Barack Obama’s desk for possible […]

The Bipartisan Budget Agreement might not preclude a fight in fiscal year 2017 over Pentagon spending, as the chairmen of both congressional armed services committees want to see a greater […]

Middle Eastern allies and partners are “desperate” to buy U.S.-made weapons and military equipment, but U.S. restrictions on foreign military sales (FMS) could leave countries like the United Arab Emirates […]

Thirty years ago, the Goldwater-Nichols Act restructured the Defense Department by giving greater authority to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and changing the chain of command in […]