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Eyeing hypersonic threat, Canada nears ‘robust’ NORAD investment
Canada’s defense minister says she’s close to offering a “robust” plan to modernize continental defenses under NORAD, something the U.S. has been seeking to address the complex hypersonic missile threat.
By Joe Gould
Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
House appropriators proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
By Joe Gould
Classified Navy JADC2 budget plan has a few spending hints
Experts pointed out signs of the service's joint war-fighting spending priorities and weighed in on possible reasons for the secrecy.
By Mark Pomerleau
F-35 program moves too slowly in deploying software, says government watchdog
The F-35 program's plan to get new software packages fielded every six months isn't working as designed.
By Valerie Insinna
Pentagon has new research center to link networks, communications
The $7.5 million investment for a new networked systems center of excellence comes as the Defense Department looks to advance its future joint war-fighting concept.
By Andrew Eversden
Pentagon acting CIO pushes on with cybersecurity, software development
Cloud, zero trust, remote work: Acting CIO outlines priorities for his tenure as the Pentagon's top IT official.
By Andrew Eversden
How Republicans might accept a smaller defense budget
Republican Rep. Ken Calvert is willing to meet Democratic lawmakers partway in their reported plans to trim the defense budget: cut back on civilian employees, not equipment and modernization.
By Joe Gould
How Kathleen Hicks will approach nukes, shipbuilding and the budget
The nominee to be the Pentagon's No. 2 official touched on a wide range of topics during her hearing.
By Aaron Mehta
Pentagon official overseeing counter-ISIS effort forced out
The acting defense secretary accepted the resignation of Christopher Maier, who was director of the Defeat-ISIS Task Force.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Estimate of new nuclear missiles to replace Minuteman 3 arsenal increases to $95.8B
The estimated cost of fielding a new fleet of land-based nuclear missiles increased by about $10 billion from four years ago.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Ball’s in Russia’s court on New START extension, says DoD official
New START, which limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers, expires Feb. 5 unless the U.S. and Russia agree to extend it.
By Joe Gould