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CongressHouses Passes FY ‘26 NDAA With $848 Billion Pentagon Topline, Major Acquisition Reforms
The House on Tuesday voted 231 to 196 to pass its version of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which supports an $848 billion topline for the Pentagon […]
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CongressWhite House Seeks $3.93 Billion Anomaly In CR For Procurement Of Columbia-Class Sub
The White House has requested that Congress include $3.93 billion for procurement of a Columbia-class submarine in its consideration of a potential continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown. […]
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Air ForceCongress Add for Northrop Grumman IVEWS May Top More Than $400 Million
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] ultra-wideband architecture AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters received $187 million in the fiscal 2025 reconciliation law and […]
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CongressHouse Committee Passes Bill Extending And Expanding Counter-Drone Authorities
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would extend for five years existing counter-drone authorities of the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, and […]
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CongressHouse Lawmakers Introduce Their Version Of AUKUS Industrial Base Collab Bill
Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Gabi Amo (D-R.I.) on Friday introduced legislation to exempt entities already approved for AUKUS work from another Foreign Military Sales requirement, matching a bill introduced […]
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CongressSenators Introduce Bill To Exempt Public Shipyard Workers From Layoffs And Hiring Freeze
A bipartisan group of the senators from Maine and New Hampshire on Tuesday introduced a bill to exempt workers at the four public shipyards from federal government hiring freezes and […]
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CongressCSIS to Study How to Establish ‘Cyber Force’ As New Military Service
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said on Monday that a Commission on Cyber Force Generation will begin work next month on how to establish a Cyber Force […]
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CongressCongress Faces Busy September With Looming Shutdown Deadline, Pending Civilian DoD Noms
Congress is officially out on recess and faces a busy September when it returns, with the Senate having still to consider its defense appropriations legislation facing a government shutdown deadline […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Back Army ATI Cuts But Knock ‘Disjointed Rollout,’ Rebuke Plan To End T901 Engine
The Senate Appropriations Committee has backed most of the Army’s divestments as part of its new transformation initiative, while its defense spending bill rebukes a plan to end development of […]
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SpaceNew Electro-Optical Commercial Services Program Advised by Senate Defense Appropriators
Senate defense appropriators want to create a new electro-optical commercial services program that would have at least $100 million in annual funding starting in fiscal 2027. The move comes amid […]