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AUKUS standoff: Australia, UK wait on Congress to approve pact

AUKUS was announced two years ago. Now Congress must pass several bills to make the pact work, from export controls to submarine transfer authorities.

By Bryant Harris

3 weeks ago

Big AUKUS news coming, but Hill and allies see tech sharing snags

Britain and Australia fear that their nuclear-submarine and technology pact with the United States could be hindered by Washington's export bureaucracy.

By Joe Gould and Bryant Harris

7 months ago

Lawmakers worry about weapons makers’ ability to meet demand

Industry representatives say a lack of contract adjustments hurts companies by depressing wages.

8 months ago

The congressional fight to scrap littoral combat ships isn’t over

Congress appears poised to save five littoral combat ships from an early retirement, but the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is saying that the fight to ditch the ships is not yet over.

By Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein

15 months ago

US Strategic Command chief: Sea missile cancellation opens ‘deterrence and assurance gap’

Amid U.S. Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear development program, the U.S. admiral who oversees America’s nuclear forces warned lawmakers Monday he sees “a deterrence and assurance gap."

18 months ago

Biden plan to shelve Trump-era sea nuke comes under fire

U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program have emerged as an early political brawl in a brewing fight over next year’s defense budget.

18 months ago