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Navy Gets Budget Bump But Fleet Would Shrink Under Biden Request
Increasing spending by just 5 percent and cutting two dozen ships, the Navy asks for modest budget changes as it wraps up a new fleet plan expected to be heavy on uncrewed vessels.
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Space Force Gets Roughly 40% Increase in Biden Request
A constellation of satellites will track ground vehicles, improve launch trajectories, and better nuclear command-and-control.
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Biden’s $773B Request for Pentagon Stays Focused on China
As war rages in Europe, 2023 budget proposal continues the military’s shift from ground combat to high-tech weapons.
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More Nuclear, Less Ground Attack in Biden’s Air Force Budget Request
The 2023 spending proposal calls for retiring 150 planes, shifting funds, and reconfiguring for possible war with China or Russia.
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Let Us Retire 50-Year Old Radar Planes, Air Force Asks Congress
The E-7 Wedgetail is the “leading candidate” to replace the oft-grounded E-3 Sentry, if Congress approves the president’s 2023 budget request.
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Army Replaces Decades-Old Fitness Test, But Keeps Age- and Gender-Based Scoring
Several years of experiments showed a single-standard approach to be detrimental to the overall force.
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Biden Travels to Europe To Ensure the West Will ‘Stay United’
Experts say the NATO alliance has proven as relevant and necessary as ever.
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White House Bureaucracy Is Costing Ukrainian Lives, Senators Say
Lawmakers are urging Biden to send more aid and enforce sanctions as quickly as possible to help Ukraine beat Russia.
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Teleworking DOD Civilians May Be Recalled to In-Person Work
Two years after the pandemic sent DOD into “maximum telework,” Thursday’s memo points the way toward a new new normal.
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Here’s the List of 87 Potential New Names for Confederate-Named Army Posts
The congressionally mandated commission will send its final recommendations in October.
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A Planned Mars Rover Is the Latest Victim of Russia’s War on Ukraine
The European Space Agency and Roscosmos have put their ExoMars mission on hold.
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Biden Sends $800M In Weapons To Ukraine After Zelenskyy’s Emotional Appeal
The latest military aid includes anti-aircraft and anti-armor systems, plus guns and drones to help Ukrainians fight Russia.
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Why New Technology Is Making Nuclear Arms Control Harder
The US, China, and Russia are locked in a high-tech race to perfect new nuclear capabilities, rendering some Cold War safeguards obsolete.
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Can Russia’s War Revive the Anti-Nuke Movement?
Amid aging leaders and new politics, arms-control advocates are using Putin’s invasion to renew attention to nuclear weapons.
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Biden to Tap Colombia As Next Major Non-NATO Ally
The longtime security partner would be the 19th country and third in South America to receive the designation.
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Navy’s Next 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan Could Avoid Details–Again
Secretary Del Toro wants to give “decision space,” but lawmakers want specifics.
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If Russia Hacks a US Satellite, Is It an Act of War?
After a Russian official issued dire warnings against tampering with satellites, U.S. officials declined to follow suit.
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Russia’s Invasion Will Boost 2023 Defense Budget, Top Democrat Says
Rep. Adam Smith: Putin’s war “fundamentally altered what our national security posture” needs to be.
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‘Battle Between Democracy and Autocracy’ Leads Biden’s First State of the Union
President says Putin “will pay” even more for Ukraine invasion–but mentions no other foreign policy priorities.
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