Friday, April 19, 2024
Tony Bertuca is chief editor of Inside the Pentagon, the flagship publication of InsideDefense, where he focuses on defense budget and acquisition policy. He previously worked for the Sun-Times News Group in his hometown of Chicago, IL, and at the New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester, NH. Tony has also served as managing editor of Inside the Army. He has a master's degree in journalism from Boston University.
The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill would require an annual unfunded priorities list from the Defense Department that targets research and development, pushing back against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who has asked Congress to repeal the current law requiring the lists be submitted by the military services and combatant commanders.
The annual Modern Day Marine conference will be held this week, while Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday is slated to speak about the military implications of the AUKUS alliance between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has passed an annual defense authorization bill that would protect the Pentagon's cost assessment and program evaluation office from House lawmakers who wish to eliminate it, though the upper chamber wants more communication and transparency regarding how CAPE advises senior leaders.
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 24-1 to pass its version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill, voicing support for an emergency supplemental to boost the Pentagon's budget beyond the cap agreed to in a recent congressional debt limit deal.
The GOP-led House Appropriations Committee voted 34-24 today to pass its version of the fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill amid opposition from Democrats, who opposed the legislation over politically charged policy riders related to abortion as well as diversity, equity and inclusion and climate change.
Senior Senate appropriators voiced bipartisan support today for potentially passing a supplemental defense spending bill that would go above the statutory cap Congress agreed to in a debt limit deal last month.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has voted to advance the nomination of Gen. Eric Smith to be Marine Corps commandant.
The House Armed Services Committee voted 58-1 to advance its version of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill last night, signaling strong bipartisan support for the annual, must-pass legislation.
Raytheon Technologies, one of the world's largest defense contractors, is changing its name to RTX, per an announcement from the company on LinkedIn.
The Pentagon, after reviewing an "accounting error," today said it now has an additional $6.2 billion in funding that President Biden can use to "drawdown" weapons from U.S. stocks and transfer them directly to Ukraine.
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee wants to allocate about $1 billion for the Pentagon to build a "hedge portfolio" to fund emerging military technologies that can be fielded within one to three years, according to a draft report obtained by Inside Defense.
The GOP-led House Appropriations Committee is poised to pass a fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill on Thursday that cuts President Biden's request for weapons procurement by nearly $4 billion, targeting some of the multiyear missile buys sought by the Pentagon, according to a draft report obtained by Inside Defense.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate are scheduled to meet this week to approve separate committee versions of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill.
The Defense Department has entered into a $15 million agreement with Jervois Mining USA, a subsidiary of Jervois Global Limited, to conduct feasibility studies that could expand cobalt extraction in Idaho, according to a new Pentagon announcement.
The GOP-led House Appropriations defense subcommittee has approved a fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill that will now advance to the full committee for consideration amid partisan criticism over politically controversial cuts and policy riders.
House Republicans have released a draft defense appropriations bill they say will counter China and protect conservative ideals, but Democrats are mustering opposition to the legislation over its cuts to the Pentagon's workforce, climate change initiatives, multiyear contracts and other "partisan riders."
The Defense Department today announced a $325 million presidential "drawdown" package that will immediately transfer weapons from U.S. stocks to Ukraine, including ammunition and combat fighting vehicles that could support the ongoing counteroffensive against Russia.
A special Pentagon "Tiger Team" has delivered recommendations to accelerate foreign military sales, leading Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to release department-wide guidance to support a faster and more streamlined process that will, among other things, allow for greater prioritization of weapons sales to key U.S. allies like Taiwan.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) has submitted legislation that, if included in the final defense authorization bill, would eliminate the Pentagon cost assessment and program evaluation office.
Lawmakers from the House Armed Services Committee want the Defense Department to begin producing a new annual report that tracks how much money is being spent on weapon systems expected to "make an impact for the warfighter" in the next five years and beyond.