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Tuesday, June 10, 2025 • 67^th Year • Volume 306 • No. 49

Budget \| by Matthew Beinart
	House Defense Appropriators Unveil Flat FY ‘26 Bill, As Congress Still Awaits Budget Request — House defense appropriators on Monday released their $831.5 billion fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill, which arrives as the White House has yet to submit a detailed budget request but aligns with the administration’s plan to factor in reconciliation funds…

Air Force \| by Frank Wolfe
	House Defense Appropriators Open Door to More Than 9 F-35 Developmental Test Planes, Bar Integration of Alternate Engine — The House Appropriations Committee defense panel is proposing the allowance of more than nine developmental test F-35 fighters. Section 219 of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act increased the number of developmental test aircraft in a Lot 18 or…

Navy/USMC \| by Rich Abott
	House Appropriators Recommend Over $3 Billion More For Shipbuilding Industrial Base In 2026 — 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…

Army \| by Matthew Beinart
	As Army Eyes Cuts, HAC-D Backs JLTV, Gray Eagle In FY ‘26 Defense Spending Bill — House defense appropriators’ fiscal year 2026 spending bill includes funding for several programs the Army has targeted for planned cuts, including Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and Gray Eagle drones. The draft $831.5 billion defense spending bill unveiled on Monday…

Air Force \| by Frank Wolfe
	No More Than 8 U-2 Retirements Allowed in FY 2026, House Appropriators Say — By next year, the U.S. Air Force has wanted to retire its U-2 Dragon Lady surveillance aircraft by Lockheed Martin [LMT], yet the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel wants to stave that plan off. “None of the funds appropriated or…

Budget \| by Cal Biesecker
	House Panel Slashes Funding For Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter — House appropriators on Sunday evening released a proposed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that would hack 35 percent from the Coast Guard’s troubled Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program, which is enduring further delays. Proposed fiscal year 2026…

Advanced / Transformational Technology \| by Cal Biesecker
	Shield AI’s V-BAT Continues Operations In Support Of Ukrainian Forces, Tseng Says — Ever since the successful use of the V-BAT aircraft in spotting and targeting a Russian air defense system last August in support of Ukrainian forces, the Shield AI-developed unmanned system has flown more than 170 sorties, a senior company official…

Air Force \| by Frank Wolfe
	Zelenskyy Re-Iterates Call for U.S. Air Defense Systems, As DoD Diverts APKWS to Middle East — On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy re-iterated his call for the provision of U.S. air defense systems to aid his country in repelling Russian kamikaze drone attacks, the most numerous of which was the wave of 472, including Iranian-designed Shaheds,…

Uncategorized \| by Sarah Salem
	Griffin Tapped as New SRNS CEO, Replacing Retiring Carr — The Department of Energy’s prime contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina has turned to a former DoE executive with more than 35 years in nuclear management to succeed its retiring CEO. Flour [FLR]-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions…

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