The big risks of 2024: Taiwan elections, Philippine shoals, AUKUS dough
Keep your eyes on the Second Scarborough Shoal and other atolls in the South China Sea, where China has pressed an increasingly aggressive and dangerous campaign.
Turning 4, the Space Force’s favorite word is ‘more’: 2024 Preview
"And so I think, as you see new missions come on, you can presume that that means more Guardians to perform those missions, and we'll have to adjust the strength going up," said CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman.
US Space Command declares ‘full operational capability’
The declaration comes as Congress put a hold on any spending in fiscal year 2024 on a new SPACECOM headquarters building in Colorado Spring, Colo., pending a DoD IQ investigation into President Joe Biden's decision to keep the HQ there.
Strong Senate majority passes National Defense Authorization Act for FY24
After an 87 to 13 vote in the Senate, the defense policy bill makes its way to a chaotic House.
AUKUS, JADC2, planes and tanks: What’s in the draft $874.2B NDAA
From the future of Space Command’s headquarters to the Army’s hopes for the Chinook, here are updates on a few key provisions in a draft version of the defense policy bill.
Hill defense committees pile on DoD over EW, spectrum ops gaps
The SASC version of the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), "requires the Department of Defense to address deficiencies in the electronic protection of defense systems," according to an executive summary.
Senate authorizers overwhelming OK FY24 defense authorization bill, back supplemental funding
The proposed bill includes provisions to appease some Republican lawmakers' social concerns, and jumps in the fight for A-10 retirements, an amphibious fleet and other sometimes controversial Pentagon programs.
Draft House defense policy bill would speed hypersonic missile defense interceptor
The draft National Space Authorization Act would also push Space Force on integrating commercial data and on over-classification of space programs.
Draft House NDAA would create Space National Guard
In addition, the subcommittee's markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would add 800 Guardians to the Space Force's active duty end-strength, as requested by the service — including establishing a dedicated Space Force legislative liaison.