The House Armed Services Committee unanimously adopted establishing a sixth armed service by a voice vote June 13 after debating for less than an hour.

The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee intends to submit an amendment June 12 during markup of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill to increase the U.S. defense budget top line from $733 billion to $750 billion.

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $542 million firm-fixed price contract for the first low-rate initial production lot of Sikorsky VH-92A presidential helicopter aircraft, spares and support equipment.