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Navy/USMC

House Appropriators Recommend Over $3 Billion More For Shipbuilding Industrial Base In 2026

Monday, June 9th, 2025

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House Appropriators Recommend Over $3 Billion More For Shipbuilding Industrial Base In 2026

The General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Conn. (Photo: GD Electric Boat)

The House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee wants to continue bolstering the shipbuilding and maritime industrial base by providing it with over $3 billion in funds according to the committee’s draft fiscal year 2026 defense funding bill. The bill, released Monday before markup set to occur on Tuesday, recommended directing $1.5 billion for the Maritime Industrial Base “to invest in critical areas including supplier capacity and capability, strategic outsourcing, workforce training and technology and infrastructure." In recent years the Navy has…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]