The Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY25 defense spending bill adds $21 billion in emergency funding, allowing it to skirt spending caps without triggering sequestration.
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The Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are expected to receive the SPY-6(V)4 radar.
By Justin Katz
During a marathon markup session that started on Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment that would add $37 billion to the defense topline.
By Valerie Insinna
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Building naval vessels with electric propulsion is a new challenge for shipyards, so “single-system vendors” will be needed to provide the electric propulsion package as a subcontractor to the shipyard.
By Breaking Defense
The Democrats’ draft bill trims military personnel and R&D to add money for procurement.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The first 12 Constellation-class frigates will all be based out of Everett, Wash.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. “The President’s Defense Budget Request is an outline and a starting point,” emphasizes Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
How L3Harris is empowering the U.S. Space Force to stay ahead
How cutting-edge technology from L3Harris is enabling rapid data processing—and faster, more informed decisions in space defense operations.
“This is a terrible idea for several reasons,” Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute said. The oldest ships would need to undergo a service life extension, while the newer ships would have to undergo expensive upgrades for a complex new mission.
By Paul McLeary
House Democrats want to add $2.5 billion to build a second Virginia-class submarine next year. Senate Republicans would rather spend on destroyers and amphibious ships.
By Paul McLeary
A new Navy memo by acting Secretary Thomas Modly calls for greatly increased funding for hypersonics.
By Paul McLeary
Senior Pentagon and service officials observed the last day of the ground-breaking ABMS exercise and the Air Force engaged Northern Command to create and manage the scenario.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Navy is rushing to fix its long-broken ship repair and overhaul pipeline as the service prepares itself for “a generational-level of submarine work.”
By Paul McLeary
The House Dems launch the first salvo in what promises to be a long defense budget saga, and they are drawing lines that will be hard to cross.
By Paul McLeary
A hastily-developed shipbuilding plan rushed out near the end of the Trump Administration set a very modest goal of a 500-ship Navy, but it would achieve that number at a snail’s pace where the fleet would not reach 500 ships until 2045. We simply can’t wait 25 years.
By Christopher Lehman Sr.