Congress

While the amount of Defense Department aid for Ukraine is enough, the nation may need the U.S. to bolster its contribution in the coming months, according to Rep. Adam Smith […]

More experimentation to find and fix system problems early would boost the Defense Department’s goal of speeding the delivery of new capabilities to military forces in the field, the nominee […]

Using fiscal 2025 reconciliation law dollars to plug Defense Department fiscal holes from the government funding hiatus is untenable, warns the Professional Services Council (PSC), a group of 400 federal […]

House lawmakers last week condemned the furloughs of 1,400 of Energy Department’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) workers in a letter to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and NNSA […]

The shutdown has forced the Pentagon to delay or cancel several “critical exercises,” including portions of a large-scale training event in the Indo-Pacific, according to details the Pentagon provided to […]

A Senate vote to move forward on fiscal year 2026 defense appropriations legislation failed on Thursday, as most Democrats opposed supporting the measure amid the ongoing government shutdown. “We want […]

Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill at the end of September with the goal to reduce spending on nuclear weapons, a release on Markey’s website […]

The Senate last Thursday evening voted 77 to 20 to pass its version of the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a $32.1 billion boost to […]

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Tuesday confirmed the SHIPS Act is currently working its way through the Commerce Committee but he sees ways to connect it to a defense authorization […]

The Trump administration’s nominee for general counsel of the Department of the Air Force said that he will try to help accelerate system acquisition and fielding. “This is a concern […]