Defense
Vaya Taps Whitmer & Worrall for Defense Budget Work
Vaya Defense & Space Inc. has registered with lobbying firm Whitmer & Worrall LLC to push federal policy on aerospace, budget, and defense matters. A new...
Committee Defends NASA Funding Against Budget Cuts
The House Science Committee markup scheduled for Tuesday will consider legislation that charts NASA's course for the next decade. H.R. 7273 would reaffirm...
Senate Considers Schiess as Space Force Chief of Operations
Why it matters: The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing on July 16, 2026, for Lieutenant General Douglas A. Schiess to become Chief...
GAO Urges Space Force to Overhaul Workforce Planning
The Space Force is operating with a quarter of its authorized positions unfilled, and the military service has no clear system to determine how many...
Space Commerce Office Looks At Streamlining Commercial Requests
The Office of Space Commerce hearing scheduled for Wednesday will test whether a new federal framework for authorizing novel commercial space activities can...
Senate Confirms Space Force Leadership Nomination
The Senate Armed Services Committee is scheduled to consider the military leadership nomination of Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess as Chief of Space Operations,...
Astranis Hires Dentons for Defense Spending Lobbying
Astranis Space Technologies, a San Francisco-based satellite company, disclosed significant congressional lobbying activity in the second quarter of 2026....
U.S. Space Weather Infrastructure Threats Under Scrutiny
A House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on space weather capabilities is set for Wednesday, July 1, 2026, as solar activity intensifies and...
NASA's Risky Bet on Commercial Space Stations Before ISS Shutdown
The International Space Station, which has maintained continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit for over 25 years, is approaching the end of its...
Advanced Space LLC Enters Federal Lobbying Arena
Advanced Space LLC, a space technology and navigation company, has filed a new federal lobbying registration, marking its entry into direct federal...
Congress Rejected Trump's Proposed NASA Science Cuts
A new Congressional Research Service report on the NASA appropriations budget lays out, in stark numerical terms, the widening gap between what the Trump...
Congress Defies White House on Science Funding
The House Appropriations Committee is set to mark up the FY2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies bill on Wednesday, putting Congress on a...
Congress Rejects NASA's 23% Budget Cut Again
Why it matters: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman faced a bipartisan wall of skepticism at the NASA Budget Hearing on April 27, 2026, as House appropriators...
NASA Chief Defends 23 Percent Budget Cut Before Skeptical Senate
Why it matters: The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held a NASA budget hearing on April 28, 2026, at...
Committee Examines U.S. Space Security Threats
Space is no longer a sanctuary. As China and Russia accelerate efforts to field anti-satellite weapons, jamming capabilities, and dual-use orbital...
High Stakes For U.S. Space Leadership As NASA Budget Scrutinized
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held its NASA FY2027 budget hearing on April 22, with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on the witness...
NOAA Budget Cuts Threaten Scientific Missions
The Trump administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrives at a moment of acute tension...
# House Overwhelmingly Passes Emergency Reporting Act to Fix 911 Outages During Disasters
The H.R. 5200 floor vote on April 20, 2026 produced one of the more lopsided tallies of the 119th Congress — 386 to 7 — a margin that speaks to just how...