Rep. Ken Calvert on Golden Dome and the ‘Department of War’ renaming [Video]
Watch the second part of Breaking Defense's one-on-one interview with the chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee.
Key defense appropriator warns longterm stopgap funding is ‘damaging’ to DoD operations
In an exclusive interview, Chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee Rep. Ken Calvert said he's pushing for a short-term continuing resolution, and avoiding a government shutdown.
Air Force cyber resilience in focus
Cyber resilience has become a frontline mission for the US military. Breaking Defense’s new eBook rounds up key reporting from the 2025 Alamo ACE conference with the latest developments in cyber offense and defense.
Rep. Ken Calvert on his plan to avoid a shutdown and the FY26 budget path [Video]
Watch Breaking Defense's one-on-one interview with the chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee.
House passes $832B defense appropriations bill
Five Democrats joined Republicans to pass the bill, while three GOP members opposed it.
Calvert: Growing the defense innovation ecosystem
In this exclusive op-ed, Rep. Ken Calvert, the head of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, calls for bolstering defense innovation in Congress.
House Appropriations Committee releases flat $832B FY26 funding proposal ahead of the Pentagon
The Pentagon has yet to send its budget to Congress, but House Appropriators are moving forward with their own version of the spending plan.
10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025
It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.
Confusion, concern about Air Guard plans follow Trump’s Selfridge shift
“I can say to you right now that there is likely a downstream impact to some other Air National Guard units," an Air Force official said after President Donald Trump upended plans for what planes would go to Selfridge ANGB in Michigan.
Delaying Navy’s F/A-XX next gen fighter risks US being ‘outmatched’ by China, key lawmaker says
"We cannot wait," Rep. Ken Calvert said. "Further, we cannot expect to grow the defense industrial base by undermining it."
Pentagon considers big shifts for Sentinel ICBM, drone wingmen in FY25, draft documents say
The Air Force could cut about $1 billion from the Sentinel ICBM and add hundreds of millions of dollars for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone wingmen program, a draft April proposal says.
Here’s how Congress’s biggest defense advocates fared in the 2024 election
Key members of the defense committees in both the House and Senate are locked in races that are still undecided.
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
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.
House appropriators spending bill report shows key changes across procurement, R&D
Funding tables show the detailed changes House appropriators make in their $833 billion version of the FY25 spending bill, with big cuts to programs like the Air Force's beleaguered Sentinel ICBM.
F-35, Israel win big in House appropriators’ $833B draft defense bill
The HAC-D's version of the spending bill contains a heavy focus on culture war issues, but does increase spending for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Defense Innovation Unit.
‘Dead on arrival’: Key House appropriators oppose transfer of Guard units to Space Force
“The states need to be consulted, and need to be full partners moving forward in any major change such as this," said Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, the defense subcommittee’s top Democrat.