Tony Bertuca

House China select committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) is urging the Pentagon to expand restrictions on defense-funded research involving Chinese institutions and researchers, arguing that gaps in the department's existing security framework could allow U.S.-funded research and expertise to benefit China's military in several emerging technology areas, including artificial intelligence.

The Defense Department's final fiscal year 2026 reprogramming action shifts billions of dollars away from shipbuilding, weapons procurement and research and development programs, including reductions tied to delayed contracts and acquisition schedules, to cover higher-than-expected military personnel costs and National Guard training. The

Bipartisan pressure is mounting for an investigation into reported disruptions to Ukraine's access to SpaceX satellite communications services, with lawmakers in both chambers demanding answers about who authorized the restrictions and whether they endangered U.S. and Ukrainian forces. In a new letter

A bipartisan group of senators is pressing Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg for details on how the Pentagon will enforce its new contractor pricing transparency initiative, including whether the department will take more aggressive steps to obtain cost data and hold companies accountable for withholding it. “For far too long, defense contractors have taken advantage of the Department’s inability to prevent price gouging,” Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) wrote in an...

Amy Johnson has been appointed president of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), effective Nov. 3, the company announced Friday.

The Pentagon has issued new guidance to help enforce President Trump's "Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government" order in defense contracts, providing acquisition officials with templates to require artificial intelligence vendors to document compliance with the administration's principles of "truth-seeking" and "ideological neutrality."

The defense industry arrived at the Association of the United States Army's annual conference this month with big ambitions for a new era of military spending, promoting plans to expand production and develop technologies aimed at the Pentagon's " Arsenal of Freedom " modernization priorities. But with the Nov. 3 midterm elections approaching, the Trump administration’s ability to deliver the additional funding underpinning those ambitions faces a critical political test: Defense analysts warn that a Democratic takeover of one...

As lawmakers prepare to debate federal defense spending in the upcoming lame-duck session following midterm elections, the Pentagon has announced it has obligated 97.5% of its $152.4 billion in One Big Beautiful Bill Act funding before the end of fiscal year 2026, though the remaining $3.9 billion faces an estimated $323.7 million cut under the mandatory defense sequester. The Defense Department announced today that it obligated $148.5 billion in OBBBA funding by Sept. 30, describing the obligation rate as...

The Pentagon is directing acquisition officials to let defense contractors retain profits generated by efficiencies on fixed-price contracts, while accounting for those savings when negotiating future production deals, according to a new department memo. In a new policy memorandum

The Defense Department said today that its fiscal year 2026 military intelligence program budget appropriated by Congress was $30.9 billion, an increase