2026 NDAA Archives

In a an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) before the House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee on May 17, 2022, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Mr. Scott Bray shared a video of a US. Naval aviator encounter with an unknown object in a fleeting pass. This image is a screen capture of the UAP observed in a video of the flyby captured by the pilot in the cockpit of a Navy fighter jet. (DVIDS)

UAP disclosure advocates call for expanded reforms in fiscal 2026 NDAA

A Senate committee draft of the annual defense policy bill includes three provisions that would impact the Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

4 days ago By Brandi Vincent

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at dusk after the National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the region on June 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

House Defense Modernization Caucus pushes authority and acquisition reforms for fiscal 2026

The caucus secured multiple provisions in the HASC draft of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026.

5 days ago By Brandi Vincent

Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command)

Congress pushing Joint Task Force-Cyber, shaking up how DOD employs digital capabilities

Similar provisions in House and Senate versions of NDAA legislation are asking for assessments that could alter how cyber capabilities are employed within geographic combatant commands.

Jul 24, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

Members of the 926th Wing receive a briefing while attending a tour of the 726th Operations Group at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, February 27, 2025. The immersion focuses on the mission of the reservists who fly the MQ-9 Reaper, a Remotely Piloted Aircraft with the primary mission of locating and destroying time-critical and highly mobile targets while also providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. ( (U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Rainier Lunizo, 2025)

New bill aims to expand combat drone pilots’ access to benefits, mental health care

The Senate Armed Services Committee proposed legislation that would formally recognize off-site drone pilots involved in combat missions.

Jul 18, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

Airman 1st Class Gerald Mack, cyber operator with 175th Cyber Operations, Maryland Air National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine)

Senate bill calls for tighter reserve component inclusion in cyber mission force

The Senate Armed Services Committee's version of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act calls for a report to examine how DOD can improve inclusion of reserve…

Jul 16, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber))

Senate Armed Services Committee wants DOD to explore ‘tactical’ cyber employment

A provision in the SASC version of the annual defense policy bill would direct a review of future force employment concepts for cyber operations.

Jul 11, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

(Nov. 13, 2012) An aerial view of the Southwest portion of the Naval Base Ventura County deep water port. (U.S. Navy photo by Vance Vasquez/Released)

Senate panel pushing DOD on strategy to deter Chinese cyber activity on critical infrastructure

The Senate Armed Services Committee released a summary of its draft of the fiscal 2026 NDAA.

Jul 11, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau