June 4, 2026

100 Amendments OK’d for House DoD Budget Debate

Amendments on NSA email surveillance, arms to Syria and the US role in Egypt are among those approved for consideration as the House tackles the DoD budget bill.

A Contentious Week Ahead for DoD on The Hill

Military budgets, military strategies, military industries and military security concerns convene in Congress this week as the Navy’s latest communication satellite orbits overhead.

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gross Awarded Purple Heart

The 26 year old Hospital Corpsman was injured while responding to explosions at Camp Bastion during his night shift at the clinic.

Of Buddhas and Birth Order

Barniyan Buddha

Talks at St. Mary’s College focus on Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Buddhas and Yona Harvey’s writing on family.

NAVAIR Gains New Fire Scout Experts in Afghanistan

Fire Scout experts

Maintenance and operations officers from Northrop Grumman recently became government employees.

Boeing Produces the First of the Last Super Hornets

f-18 hornet afterburner

The last batch of F/A-18 E/Fs and EG-18 Growlers begin rolling off the line.

Defense Lobby Warns of Industry-Wide Shutdown

capitol hill

Lobbyists pressure Congress to reverse sequestration cuts.

Where’s the Competition?

Pentagon aerial

The number of new suppliers to the Pentagon fell by 14 percent last year.

BAMS Is Coming Together

BAMS-D Pax River air show

Navy’s surveillance drone demonstrator gets wings and landing gear.

JSF Shows Its Rack(s)

Stealth fighter can ditch its covertness to carry more weapons.