F-35s, frigates and FRA woes: Here are the issues facing Congress in upcoming FY25 budget process
Feeling lost on defense budget matters after the August legislative recess? Breaking Defense has a primer for you.
Stopgap funding bill should be kept short-term: Wittman
"It looks like there's going to be another continuing resolution that'll come up next week. ... The debate has been, how long should that CR go?" said Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va.
Lockheed Martin COO Frank St. John on the defense budget, potential acquisitions and supply chain
"With regards to the election, we think that deterrence and deterrence capabilities are an enduring theme, regardless of which party is in the executive branch or who's in control of Congress," said Lockheed Martin COO Frank St. John.
Biden’s lame-duck period gives him a chance to reshape American security
Before President Joe Biden exits, AEI's John Ferrari argues in this op ed that there are four bold moves he should make for his legacy and for the future of America's defense.
America will be more secure if it does less
In this op-ed, Jennifer Kavanagh argues the Commission on the National Defense Strategy needs to prioritize the threats in Asia, as opposed to the “multi-theater force construct” it recommended this year.
Senate appropriators push Pentagon, Intelligence Community on commercial space acquisition
Perhaps most intriguing is legislative language that calls into question Pentagon and IC plans to declassify data from classified remote sensing satellites that are part of a newly developed joint architecture called the "High-Capacity, Find, Fix, Track, Target and Engage and Assess Constellation," or "HCF" for short.
SAC passes $852B defense bill, adding $21B and teeing up budget fight
The Senate Appropriations Committee's FY25 defense spending bill adds $21 billion in emergency funding, allowing it to skirt spending caps without triggering sequestration.
SASC orders Pentagon transparency in spectrum dispute with Ligado
The language in the SASC version of FY25 NDAA demands that DoD detail what military systems have previously and currently have operated in, or in those adjacent to, "the 1525-1559 megahertz and the 1626.5-1660.5 megahertz" radio frequency bands at the center of the long-running DoD-Ligado dispute.
National Defense Commission: Pentagon has ‘insufficient’ forces ‘inadequate’ to face China, Russia
Boldest among the report's recommendations is a proposal for what it calls a new "Multiple Theater Force Construct" to fix the current, "out-of-date" version.
To win the space race with China, the US needs these budgetary reforms
In this op-ed, Olivia Letts of George Mason University discusses the incompatibilities of PPBE with advancing space technologies and how to address these challenges.
Make the FY26 budget the budget of ‘pivots’
In this op-ed, John Ferrari of AEI lays out changes and cuts the Army, Navy and Air Force should make for their FY26 budget requests.
Air Force requests more money for drone wingmen effort
A reprogramming request recently submitted to Capitol Hill by the Pentagon asks for permission to shift an additional $150 million into the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, a budget increase of nearly 40 percent.
House pushes forward FY25 spending bill after blocking amendment to cut F-35s
An amendment that would have cut 18 F-35s was blocked by the GOP-led House Rules Committee, which decides which amendments are debated on the floor.
Allvin: ‘No decision’ made on NGAD, but ‘difficult’ choices loom
“The deliberations are still underway, there’s been no decision made. We’re looking at a lot of very difficult options that we have to consider,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said today when asked about the sixth-generation fighter.