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WASHINGTON: The United States announced on Friday it had successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic...

Two years after groundbreaking, Lockheed Martin's 65,000-square-foot Hypersonic Missile Assembly Building 4 is now a "virtual" reality.

Multiple media outlets reported this week that Harker directed the service in a June 4 memo to "defund [the] sea-launched cruise missile."

CHINA TASK FORCE WRAPS: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s China task force, which was charged with finding ways to focus the Defense Department more effectively on countering China, has wrapped up its work and provided recommendations that are mostly classified.

House and Senate lawmakers voiced concern Thursday over the acting Navy secretary’s move to cancel the service’s nuclear sea-launched cruise missile in fiscal 2023 as top defense leaders said they had not been briefed on the decision. 

‘RALLY THE WORLD'S DEMOCRACIES’: President Joe Biden departs this morning on the first overseas trip of his term, which begins with a meeting of G-7 ministers in Cornwall, includes a NATO summit in Brussels, and ends with a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva.

By Capt. Christina Camp, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs / Published May 14, 2021 The Air Force Global Strike Command Commander, Gen. Tim Ray, participates in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing May 12, focused on the budget posture for nuclear forces. ); $slider .carouFredSel({ auto: false, responsive: true, swipe: { onTouch: true, onMouse: false }, ...

Jack Reed vows to get defense budget done despite delays from the White House Jamie McIntyre BUDGET CRUNCH, ‘HARD CHOICES’: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, says he and the committee’s top Republican, Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, are hoping to finish work on the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act before the next fiscal year starts, despite a late start forced by the late budget submission by the White House. “Both Sen. I...

The Week That Will Be Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, May 10, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.: The House Administration Committee will hold a hearing titled, "Oversight of the January 6th Attack: United States Capitol Police Threat Assessment and Counter-Surveillance Before and During the Attack." The committee will hear testimony from Michael Bolton, inspector general of the Capitol Police.  Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hol...