Rep. Ken Calvert: How to maximize American manufacturing capacity
The Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network will be in the FY26 appropriation conference language, says Rep. Ken Calvert, the House defense appropriations chair.
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.
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How TAK gives the US military an advantage at the Edge
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
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.
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.
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Turning R&D into reality to meet the challenges of the modern battlefield
Knowing when to build on commercial systems and when to develop something new can be the difference between parity and information dominance.
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.
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.
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Keeping sensitive information safe in a new AI era
Why edge and endpoint security can’t be an afterthought.
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.
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.