The push to create a new Space National Guard got a major boost last week as a bipartisan team of Senators offered new legislation—even as the Pentagon works to craft details on a competing plan. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the Space ...
Supplying advanced aircraft to Ukraine emerged as a key issue of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s first hearing of the new Congress. Over the course of nearly three hours Feb. 15, national security experts and lawmakers also discussed the upcoming 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, the looming ...
The Senate Armed Services Committee announced the leadership and rosters for its seven subcommittees on Feb. 7, with five panels getting new chairs and the influential Airland subcommittee welcoming four new members.
Ukraine has more urgent needs than F-16s given the limited way aircraft are being used in its fight against Russia's invasion, Senate Armed Services chair Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) told defense reporters. He was dismissive of the idea of deep defense cuts this year, said ...
The Senate Armed Services Committee released its roster of members for the new session of Congress on Feb. 1, with a new ranking member and three freshmen Senators. All of the newcomers are on the Republican side, as Democrats return the same 13 Senators from ...
After weeks of negotiations, top lawmakers unveiled a compromise version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, priming Congress to pass the annual policy bill before the end of the year. For the Air Force, the bill would carry major implications for the future of ...
Leaders on the Armed Services Committees in both the House and Senate are crafting a compromise National Defense Authorization Act and still hope to pass the annual policy bill before the end of 2022, said HASC chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.). Once more, lawmakers are ...
The 2022 midterm elections produced several major surprises as races began to be called late Nov. 8 and early Nov. 9, and the biggest effects were yet to be decided, as neither Republicans nor Democrats had secured control of the House or Senate. But for ...
As voters head to the polls Nov. 8 for the 2022 midterm elections, major potential changes to congressional power hang in the balance. For the Department of Defense—and the Air Force, in particular—here are meaningful shifts to watch for and new faces to track.
The Senate will deliberate over the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act in the coming weeks after leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee leaders took the annual policy bill to the floor. And as lawmakers debate the legislation, they’ll also have to contend with more ...
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 ...
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 ...