Congress

More than four years after the establishment of a sixth military service–U.S. Space Force–in December 2019, a new report advises the creation of a seventh service–the U.S. Cyber Force, which […]

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chair of the House’s new Select Committee on China and a member of the Armed Services Committee, announced Friday he will resign from Congress on April […]

The House on Friday passed the $824.3 billion fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations legislation, part of a six-bill spending package, sending the measure to the Senate with just hours left […]

A House-Senate fiscal 2024 appropriations conference agreement says that it would add $277 million for three U.S. Air Force F-35A fighters by Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The agreement would thus raise […]

Congressional appropriators early Thursday morning unveiled their final $824.3 billion fiscal year 2024 defense appropriations bill, which includes a compromise to fund six of the Pentagon’s multi-year munitions requests and […]

In a show of generosity, congressional appropriators on Thursday released a spending bill that would fund the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) at nearly $1 billion in fiscal year 2024, […]

The Senate’s fiscal 2024 supplemental package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan includes $686 million in counter unmanned aircraft systems funding for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and $157 million for the […]

The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee has said he expects the panel to “very seriously” consider proposals to the next defense policy bill that would implement recommendations from […]

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s (INDOPACOM) $11 billion unfunded priorities list for fiscal year 2025 seeks an additional $430 million for the Guam defense systems and $1.4 billion for classified space programs, […]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he’s “optimistic” Congress will take action on the pending supplemental with further aid for Ukraine, while adding that Kyiv’s “survival is in danger” in […]