Congress
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Homeland SecurityHouse Appropriators Approve $60.3 Billion Spending Bill For DHS
The House Appropriations Committee along party lines on June 24 approved a $60.3 billion discretionary spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal year 2023, $3.6 billion more […]
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CongressHASC Seeks Info On Army’s Acquisition Strategy For Stryker-Mounted 50KW Laser
The House Armed Services Committee is seeking information from the Army on the acquisition strategy for its Stryker-mounted 50-kilowatt laser effort, citing the program’s recent successes during prototype testing. The […]
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Navy/USMCHASC FY ‘23 NDAA Would Create Commission On Navy Future
The House Armed Services Committee’s defense policy bill, approved Thursday, includes a provision that would create a new commission to study the Navy’s future force structure and shipbuilding with an […]
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BudgetCBP Ignoring Automation In NII Equipment, Prompting Committee To Redirect Funding
Despite being given hundreds of millions of dollars that past few years to deploy advanced scanners at ports of entries to screen vehicles entering the U.S., Customs and Border Protection […]
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CongressHASC Opted Against Mandating Open Competition For Air Force’s KC-Y Bridge Tanker
The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday morning opted not to adopt a proposal that would have mandated the Air Force hold a full, open competition for its KC-Y “bridge […]
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CongressHASC Advances $840 Billion FY ‘23 NDAA With Near Unanimous Vote
The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday morning advanced its version of the next defense policy bill, with a new topline of nearly $840 billion, by a bipartisan 57 to […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Wants Coast Guard To Consider Foreign Icebreakers
The Coast Guard’s nascent effort to acquire a commercial icebreaker to help fill near-term Arctic icebreaking needs should be expanded beyond a domestically available ship to also consider foreign vessels, […]
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CongressHouse Appropriations Committee Approves $761.7 Billion FY ‘23 Defense Spending Bill
The House Appropriations Committee voted 32 to 26 on Wednesday to approve its $761.7 billion fiscal year 2023 defense spending bill. Following Wednesday’s full committee markup, the bill now heads […]
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CongressHASC Approves $37 Billion Topline Increase To NDAA, Blocks Retirement Of Five LCS
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted 42 to 17 to boost the topline of its version of the next defense policy bill by $37 billion. The panel debated […]
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CongressHASC Moves To Restore Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Development In FY ‘23 NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has moved to restore funding in its version of the next defense policy bill for the continued development of a nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile, […]