Congress passed a bipartisan short-term funding bill at the last minute after removing $6 billion in Ukraine assistance. The government claimed Boeing failed to test machines used in the composite manufacturing process for the Osprey; Boeing denied the allegations. The stopgap funding bill allows construction to begin on a second Columbia-class submarine as it threatens to fall behind schedule while a shutdown looms. Congress' dysfunction is taking its toll on national security as a government shutdown looms and hundreds of officers can't take their posts. She laid out the submarine production rate needed for AUKUS at her Senate hearing, though her confirmation is uncertain. Felony convictions have been vacated for four Navy officers in a sprawling bribery scandal due to prosecutorial misconduct. A bipartisan group of senators seeks to boost defense spending beyond the debt ceiling cap amid resistance from House Republicans. China’s advances in space include its own orbiting space station and plans for a crewed lunar mission. California officials believe more than 5,000 crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln were wrongly assigned to San Diego’s population total. The White House is opposing an NDAA proposal for a Special Ukraine Inspector General and other provisions concerning the nuclear arsenal and Navy. Load More