White House Seeks Continuing Resolution With $6.4B For Afghan Refugees
The Biden administration is calling on Congress to pass a stopgap spending measure for the upcoming fiscal year as lawmakers…
STRATCOM: China’s Pursuit of Nuclear and Hypersonic Weapons Adds Urgency to U.S. Deterrence
China’s recent full-speed-ahead breakout in nuclear forces, space and cyber efforts, and hypersonic systems adds new urgency to America’s need…
HASC Seapower Mark Adds Second Destroyer, Paves Way For Cruiser Decommissionings
The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s mark of the annual defense policy bill authorizes a second destroyer…
SASC’s FY 22 Defense Bill Boosts DoD Topline by $25B; Adds 2nd Destroyer, More Navy F-35Cs
THE PENTAGON – The Senate Armed Services Committee Fiscal Year 2022 authorization bill adds an additional destroyer, a Spearhead-class Expeditionary…
House Bill Cuts Money for Navy Nuke Cruise Missile, Saves 3 LCS from Decommissioning
House appropriators are cutting development money for the Navy’s ship-launched nuclear cruise missile, preventing the service from decommissioning three Freedom-class…
Analyst Says Pentagon ‘Walked Away From the 500-ship Navy’
The Navy’s modest shipbuilding request as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget shows the Pentagon has “walked away from…
UPDATED: Fleet Growth Stymied by Navy Budget Request
This post has been updated with additional details from the Department of the Navy’s FY 2022 budget presentation. The long-delayed…
Milley: China Striving ‘To Be Our Equal’ In Coming Decades
While the Chinese are investing heavily in advanced technology, “they are not our peer or near-peer competitor just” militarily, but…
SASC Chairman: 355-Ship Fleet is ‘Arbitrary’ Goal, Navy Needs To Pursue Autonomous Vehicles
Rather than focusing on the “arbitrary” 355-ship fleet total, the service should concentrate more effort on developing autonomous vehicles, the…
Bipartisan Bill Calls for $25B in Infrastructure Funds for Shipyards
A group of bipartisan lawmakers have drafted legislation aimed at recapitalizing America’s public and private shipyards, as Congress and the…