The Senate has passed an $857 billion minibus package that includes $675 billion in defense funding for fiscal 2019 and signals Congress may avoid a shutdown.

The U.S. Air Force may formalize plans for a B-52J upgrade variant of its venerable bomber.

The DOD has notified Capitol Hill of an updated “concurrency” cost estimate for F-35 low rate initial production lots 1-12 that has declined by 2%.