Tony Bertuca

The Aerospace Industries Association is urging the House Armed Services Committee to reject a proposed amendment to the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill that would prohibit certain defense contractors from repurchasing their own stock while performing Pentagon contracts, arguing the measure would discourage investment and undermine efforts to expand defense production capacity. In a June 3 letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), AIA President and CEO Eric Fanning...

The Aerospace Industries Association is urging the House Armed Services Committee to reject a proposed amendment that would significantly expand the government's access to technical data and software rights, arguing the chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill already contains a balanced package of reforms aimed at improving military readiness without undermining innovation. In a June 3 letter to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA), AIA President and...

The House Armed Services Committee has approved bipartisan legislation that would dramatically strengthen the Pentagon's ability to obtain technical data and software rights from defense contractors, marking one of the most aggressive congressional efforts in years to address concerns that intellectual property restrictions are limiting competition and military readiness.

The House Armed Services Committee has voted 44-12 to pass its version of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill with a $1.15 trillion topline for national defense.

The Pentagon has expanded its annual list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States, adding a wide range of major commercial technology, industrial and energy firms -- including Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Baidu, Inc., and electric vehicle maker NIO -- in a broadened assessment of China's military-civil fusion ecosystem. The updated list, mandated under Section 1260H of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, reflects a notable shift toward identifying large, civilian-facing Chinese technology platforms...

The House Appropriations Committee is set to approve a fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill with a $1.1 trillion topline focused on investments in weapons procurement and innovation, according to information released today by senior GOP lawmakers. “At its core, this bill recognizes a simple reality -- a safer world depends on a strong America,” Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said in a statement. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), who chairs the defense subcommittee, highlighted the bill’s focus on military modernization,...

House appropriators are proposing billions of dollars for defense innovation and autonomous warfare initiatives while broadening how certain research and development funds can be used to support the transition of emerging technologies from experimentation toward operational deployment, according to a fiscal year 2027

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill gives the Pentagon permission to establish a new, four-star Robotic and Autonomous Systems Combatant Command.

The Senate Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill would impose new scrutiny on how defense contractors manage both their intellectual property and corporate finances, reflecting growing congressional frustration with industrial base shortfalls despite years of increased Pentagon spending. Though full details have yet to be released, an executive summary of the bill and a briefing from congressional staffers has laid out some of the legislation’s key provisions. Among the most notable measures in the bill are...

The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has voted to advance its version of the fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill, according to senior lawmakers.