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Without change, US Navy’s future fleet looks too ambitious for industry
For industry to execute the plans in the Future Years Defense Program, major improvements will have to take place.
By Theo Egan
$1B Iron Dome fund stripped from new continuing resolution
A proposal to send Israel $1 billion for the Iron Dome air defense system has been cut out of a stopgap government funding bill, meant to avoid a government shutdown after Sept. 30, in order to ease its passage in the House.
By Joe Gould
Soldiers knock down airborne threats with new missile defense system
It's another step toward fielding the first of two Iron Dome defense system batteries.
By Todd South
House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts
Leaders of the House’s Blue Dog Coalition say they oppose calls to fund any less than the requested $753 billion national defense budget.
By Joe Gould
Navy to chart new course after rash of problems
The CNO insists the Navy is now on a “positive trajectory,” but it will have to rebuild confidence under congressional scrutiny as it prepares a new strategic plan.
Bernie Sanders wants to cut defense spending. Not all Democrats agree.
The left-leaning chairman of the Senate Budget Committee is once again asking you to think about cuts to defense spending.
By Joe Gould
US Navy’s top officer applauds workforce at Bath Iron Works
The shipyard builds destroyers, the workhorse of the Navy fleet.
Sea power backers propose $25 billion to fix US shipyards
The introduction of the 11-page Shipyard Act comes after President Joe Biden proposed a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package and Republicans made a $568 billion counteroffer.
By Joe Gould
Poll: More say US defense isn’t strong enough, but most are content
As progressives work to cut President Joe Biden’s flat defense budget request for 2022 ― and Republicans push to increase it ― public views are not expected to provide much momentum to either side.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon chief declares ‘ironclad’ US commitment to Israel
Austin's first talks in Israel since he became Pentagon chief in January come as the United States seeks to leverage Middle East diplomatic progress made by the Trump administration.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press