U.S. Congress

By Brian Everstine
The House Armed Services Committee early June 5 gave its approval to the Pentagon’s base $1.15 trillion defense topline request in its annual marathon markup.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Existing infrastructure to support electric aircraft in the U.S. is limited and airports face challenges installing the foundations, a report says.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers are again pressing the U.S. Air Force to find ways to keep the aging A-10 attack jet in service long-term.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Congressional Republicans have a self-imposed deadline of late July to finish a new reconciliation bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Karen Walker
The U.S. must find a way to fast-track mandatory ADS-B technology and compliance for both airliners and military aircraft operating within commercial airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
House authorizers want the Pentagon to designate a point person to oversee the Defense Department-wide position, navigation and timing (PNT) enterprise.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s B-1B swept-wing bomber has a new lease on life following its planned retirement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Space Force leaders say space control, launch capacity and orbital warfare training top the service’s fiscal 2027 investment priorities.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
A recovery plan for the Boeing KC-46 pushes the arrival of the Remote Vision System (RVS) 2.0 upgrade by more than a year.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine can buy 1,532 precision, extended-range glide bombs from Boeing, the U.S. government said on May 5.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
The FAA is publishing proposed rules for restricting unmanned aircraft operations in airspace over key facilities.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military is bolstering its investments in autonomous systems and needs to test those platforms before they are used on signal-cluttered battlefields.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
An air-launched kinetic interceptor could soon be a self-defense option for the U.S. Air Force’s vulnerable fleet of a tankers and airlifters.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force’s focus areas for fiscal '27 investments are in space control capabilities, bolstering its launch infrastructure, and test and training support.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
The U.S. House of Representatives ended opposition to a Senate bill funding most of DHS, including TSA, sending the legislation to the President to sign into law.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Senate panel members on April 28 voiced bipartisan rejection of the White House’s 2027 budget proposal that would slash NASA’s 2026 topline by 23%.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Brian Everstine
A group of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a series of bills to further increase U.S. military aircraft procurement and pilot retainment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy intends to pause procurement for a Northrop Grumman anti-radiation missile in fiscal 2027, then resume orders.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes a major increase in F-35 procurement and spares after last year’s reduction.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is again zeroing out funding for the U.S. Air Force’s Boeing E-7A Wedgetail program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has broken down its $350 billion reconciliation budget request into multiple areas.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Karen Walker
Uncertainty remains over whether Congress will provide the $20 billion additional funding needed to install new software technology across the system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
U.S. lawmakers battling over proposals to expand use of aircraft surveillance and anti-collision systems moved closer together following approval of a revised House bill.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Vivienne Machi
The Trump administration has unveiled a $1.5 trillion defense spending proposal for fiscal 2027, marking a substantial long-term increase in military funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Proposed 2027 budget allocates funds for controller hiring and certification personnel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation