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House passes defense spending bill amid F-35, submarine purchase spats

The House on Friday passed 217-198 its annual defense spending bill for fiscal 2025, with appropriators rebuffing intense bipartisan pressure from their colleagues over...

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Congress OKs Israel F-15 sale as Biden takes heat on heavy bomb pause

The White House has convinced two key Democrats on Capitol Hill to lift their hold on a roughly $18 billion F-15 sale to Israel,...

Congress’ defense fight to focus on pay raises, total military spending

House and Senate lawmakers on Friday offered a preview of this summer’s fight over defense policy changes for next year, with overall military spending...

Defense spending bill would defund Biden’s Gaza pier

The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced its fiscal 2025 defense spending bill while adding a provision that would eliminate the military’s makeshift pier...

Space Force’s Resilient GPS program draws skepticism from lawmakers

A congressional appropriations panel cast some doubt on whether a U.S. Space Force effort to protect its GPS system from signal jamming will be...

White House takes aim at shipbuilding, other measures in defense bill

The White House on Tuesday released a statement taking aim at several measures in the House’s fiscal 2025 defense policy bill ahead of votes...

Defense spending bill forces Israel arms transfers, nixes Ukraine aid

The House defense spending panel on Wednesday advanced the first draft of its annual Pentagon funding bill over objections from Democrats, who cited a...

House defense spending bill nixes funding for second Virginia sub

The House’s annual Pentagon spending bill only funds the procurement of one Virginia-class attack submarine for fiscal 2025 instead of two vessels as it...

Proposed House spending bill would add more F-35s

A proposed defense spending bill the House of Representatives released Tuesday would fund eight more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in fiscal 2025 than the...

Money, weapons and secret meetings: What the Pentagon is doing to arm Taiwan

Last fall, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, the Pentagon came with a message: Help us help Taiwan.The year before, Congress had for...

Powerful GOP senator eyes ships, jets, nukes in defense spending surge

The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee has released a detailed plan calling for an additional $55 billion above the fiscal 2025...

Navigating the new world disorder: Securing the Czech Republic’s future – ACE (Aerospace Central Europe)

From cyber threats to geopolitical shifts, a deep dive into modern security challenges On Monday, May 27, 2024, I attended the conference “Homeland Security and...

Wittman sure US Navy will buy two attack subs in 2025 — like it or not

A powerful member of the House Armed Services Committee has said in no uncertain terms that Congress would force the Navy to buy two...

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