Th Senate confirmed the Space Force's second Chief of Space Operations. Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman will pin on a fourth star and take command of the Space Force, succeeding Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond. Saltzman will take over the role after serving as the ...
Congress
Congress needs to do a better job of providing the Air Force with steady, consistent funding; the Air Force needs to find ways to develop programs faster; and the two need to work together to ensure that the service can build capacity for both the ...
China boasts a “bonafide” nuclear triad and has ascended to the status of nuclear near-peer adversary, Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, head of Air Force Global Strike Command and nominee to head U.S. Strategic Command, told lawmakers. Cotton told the Senate Armed Services Committee during his ...
The Pentagon's upcoming 2023 fiscal year budget should go up at least $42 billion to $815 billion to combat rising inflation, warned three former Department of Defense comptrollers in a whitepaper released Tuesday by National Defense Industrial Association. NDIA also raised similar concerns in a ...
The Space Force doesn’t just need a more resilient satellite architecture, the service’s potential new leader told lawmakers Sept. 13—it needs more and better ways to test and train its Guardians for the future of a contested domain.
House passes 2023 NDAA.
After years of wrangling in Congress and more than a dozen failed bills, President Joe Biden signed the largest expansion of Veterans Affairs health care in 30 years, adding more than 5 million eligible veterans but leaving some waiting up to 10 years for phase-in ...
More than seven weeks still remain until the 2023 fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, but observers of Congress are already warning that time is running out for lawmakers to pass the annual National Defense Authorization Act and appropriations bill that will fund the Pentagon ...
While the air picture has remained static in the Russia-Ukraine war, the introduction of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems has allowed Ukraine to strike surface-to-air missile targets behind enemy lines. Now the U.S. is considering future aviation contributions in Ukraine. Defense officials painted a picture ...