Threats

Today's D Brief: USAF’s budget limbo; Red Sea attack; Navy gets chief buyer; US-Finland pact; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Budget limbo: Nearly 100 new Air Force programs on hold until Congress passes budget

Service officials urge companies to “tell your story” about what lawmakers’ inability to pass a 2024 budget would mean for their projects.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Missiles barrage Kyiv, again; Congress passes NDAA; Israel eyes ‘long’ Gaza war; F-35 parts shortage; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Gaza-war diplomacy; Barrage on Kyiv; Congress saves F-22s; DOD’s latest arms request; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Funding on ‘fumes:’ The Pentagon is nearly out of money to replace weapons sent to Ukraine

DOD preps a last request after Republican lawmakers reject the White House’s $61.4 billion aid bill.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Today's D Brief: Aid bill fails; NDAA moves ahead; US grounds Ospreys; More F-35 delays?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Defense Business Brief: Reagan Forum recap; Industrial strategy, imminent; Counter-drone ‘crisis,’ and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Business

Defense Business Brief: DIU in India; armor deal; shutdown watch, and more...

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Budgetary limbo could cost the Navy Department $26B in missing or ‘misaligned’ funds

Comptroller lays out the price of a full-year continuing resolution if Congress can’t pass a 2024 budget.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Senate preps short-term funding measure, but House remains on path to shutdown

The lower body's GOP leaders continue to pursue deep cuts to that stand no chance across Capitol Hill or in the White House.

  • Erich Wagner
Threats

Shutdown looms despite House GOP claims of progress toward spending plan

Confidence in a new short-term funding proposal was short-lived on Thursday.

  • Eric Katz
Policy

Navy’s plans for three new submarines could be held up by budget drama

Secretary Del Toro has also directed an initiative to find efficiencies within new budget caps.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Defense Systems

Budget delays could ‘slow roll’ Air Force’s digital infrastructure plans

In early 2024, the service plans to launch cloud-based command and control technologies in three undisclosed locations.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Uncertainty at the top blurs Marine Corps’ work on 2025 budget

Like the Army and Navy, the Corps is without a confirmed chief, thanks to a GOP senator’s hold.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

Congress has 11 days to pass 12 funding bills—and that's not likely

A former deputy director of the CBO expects a shutdown—of possibly record-breaking length.

  • Raymond Scheppach, The Conversation
Policy

The Pentagon may be too busy to fix its half-century-old budget process, reform group says

The congressional panel looking at the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution system has interim recommendations—and doubts about their implementability.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Congress may stymie Air Force plan to start retiring F-15Es

The service aims to save $2.9 billion by getting rid of 119 fighter jets.

  • Audrey Decker
Ideas

Here’s how to fix the Pentagon’s CAPE office

The changes must go to the heart of the operation.

  • Winslow T. Wheeler
Ideas

Don’t Kill CAPE

The storied Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office is invaluable to the Pentagon. Three former directors explain why. 

  • Christine Fox, Jamie Morin and Bob Daigle
Threats

Today's D Brief: HASC budget mark; US troops injured in Syria; New Ukraine aid; Next CNO?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad, Audrey Decker, Caitlin M. Kenney and Bradley Peniston
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