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Cotton Plugs Bill to Increase COCOM Counter-Drone Authority

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 24th, 2025

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Cotton Plugs Bill to Increase COCOM Counter-Drone Authority

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), said that U.S. adversaries may target the nation’s bases domestically and abroad with attack drones, hidden in and launched from vehicles, as seen recently in Ukrainian and Israeli strikes inside Russia and Iran, respectively. Last month, Cotton and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) co-sponsored S. 1793, the Comprehensive Operations for Unmanned-System Neutralization and Threat Elimination Response Act (COUNTER Act), which would give combatant commanders or other DoD officials…

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SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]

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SASC Approves $1.14 Trillion FY ‘27 NDAA With ‘Right to Repair’ Reform, Stock Buyback Restriction

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has approved its $1.14 trillion version of the next defense policy bill, adopting “right to repair” reform to provide the military services’ greater ability […]

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House Appropriators Unveil $1.07 Trillion FY ‘27 Defense Bill, Restore Funds For E-7, Army Aviation

House appropriators on Wednesday released their $1.07 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill, with the legislation reversing Army aviation cuts, restoring funding for the Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail program […]

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MOSA Implementation By Pentagon Lagging, GAO Official Says

While the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) has been a requirement for major defense acquisition programs since January 2019 and other Defense Department acquisitions since January 2021, few programs are […]