Budget

Appropriators provided the Defense Department with nearly two dozen extra F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill than were originally requested and filled multiple key […]

The House passed two fiscal year 2020 appropriations minibus bills Dec. 17, teeing up a vote in the Senate by the end of the week that would avert a government […]

The Senate passed the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 17 by a wide vote margin, authorizing $738 billion in defense spending and paving the way for […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act Dec. 12, allowing for lawmakers to vote to advance the $738 billion authorizing […]

The House overwhelmingly agreed to the conference report for the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 11, teeing up a likely successful vote in the Senate before […]

The Air Force has submitted plans to the White House to begin transferring its space-related capabilities to the forthcoming Space Force next fiscal year, according to a memo obtained by […]

Lawmakers have requested the Air Force submit reports to Congress regarding its ongoing Combat Rescue Helicopter program, with a fielding plan for the new Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60W aircraft. The fiscal […]

The fiscal year 2020 defense authorization conference bill gives President Trump his coveted sixth military branch, by re-designating the existing Air Force Space Command as a Title 10-authorized Space Force […]

Armed services committee leaders remain adamant that a deal could be reached for the fiscal year 2020 defense authorizing bill by early next week, but must still reach consensus on […]

The Defense Department should place a greater emphasis on funding and developing transportation and logistics capabilities to support its lethal assets in a future conflict, and explicitly prioritize it in […]