In the wake of a new Pentagon study showing elevated rates of cancer among both military aviators and the ground personnel who support them, advocates and lawmakers have started a fresh push for more study and action on the issue. The study, mandated by the 2021 ...
One of the Air Force’s top unfunded priorities and a renewed push for a Space National Guard were both approved by the House Armed Services Committee as part of the panel’s marathon markup of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. The committee also voted to ...
The Space Force is running the risk of starting more programs than it can afford, at least according to its five-year budget plan that isn’t “credible,” according to a key congressional panel. The House Appropriations defense subcommittee offered that stark warning as part of the ...
The Space Force’s budget got a big bump in the Pentagon’s 2023 budget request, with a topline of $24.5 billion—36 percent more than fiscal 2022’s enacted level. And even more money in the years ahead is likely, according to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. If ...
President Joe Biden will request $715 billion for the Pentagon in his first budget request in office, about a $10 billion increase from the 2021 enacted budget but below the sustained growth military officials have asked for. Notably, Biden’s budget...
