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Federal agencies are set to reopen after the House on Tuesday approved a spending package funding those forced to close their doors over the weekend, ending the shutdown less than four days after it began. All but the Homeland Security Department, which will be funded on a stopgap basis through Feb.…

The rationale behind Golden Dome’s mandate for space-based boost-phase defense made some sense. If orbiting interceptors could hit an enemy missile very early in flight—before it could deploy countermeasures—they would avoid the Achilles’ heel of defense systems that target missiles in midcourse. But now the Pentagon and contractors are proposing…

American munitions makers are working to increase production capacity. Although Congress didn’t much bend to the White House’s last-minute request for a munitions-funding boost, defense executives say it’s enough to persuade them to pour more of their own funds into boosting production, Defense One’s Lauren C. Williams and Thomas Novelly…

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The Pentagon’s new science and innovation board, announced last week, merges the Defense Innovation Board with the Defense Science Board to “streamline” how the department addresses the hardest technological and scientific national security challenges. But it comes on the heels of cuts that could undermine future scientific and innovation progress…

Shutdown begins as Congress hopes to keep duration minimal. The Senate on Friday evening approved a spending package that ensures nearly all agencies are funded through fiscal 2026, but the agreement came too late to stave off an appropriations lapse, Eric Katz of Government Executive reports. With House lawmakers in recess…

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