Mike Stone

Detroit

Fill-In Host at WXYT-FM (Detroit, MI)

Dad of Jessica & Marissa. Husband of Cyndi. Talk show host 97.1 The Ticket. American U.1980. Marple Newtown H.S. https://t.co/k0xERrQHTT

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Congress seeks to boost Navy and Air Force fleets in 2026 bill

2 weeks ago | oafnation.com | Mike Stone

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — An Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) signals an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), July 12, 2024.
US Congress seeks to boost Navy and Air Force fleets in 2026 bill

2 weeks ago | wkzo.com | Mike Stone

By Mike StoneWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Appropriations Committee’s Defense subcommittee released its draft bill for fiscal-year 2026 late on Tuesday, which aims to buy one additional F-35 jet versus the Pentagon’s 2025 budget request and make investments in naval vessels, and missile defenses. The powerful committee’s draft of its version of the 2026 purchasing bill was released ahead of any formal input from the Trump administration’s Pentagon – which has been delayed.
US Congress seeks to boost Navy and Air Force fleets in 2026 bill

2 weeks ago | wxerfm.com | Mike Stone

By Mike StoneWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Appropriations Committee’s Defense subcommittee released its draft bill for fiscal-year 2026 late on Tuesday, which aims to buy one additional F-35 jet versus the Pentagon’s 2025 budget request and make investments in naval vessels, and missile defenses. The powerful committee’s draft of its version of the 2026 purchasing bill was released ahead of any formal input from the Trump administration’s Pentagon – which has been delayed.
US Congress seeks to boost Navy and Air Force fleets in 2026 bill

2 weeks ago | wimz.com | Mike Stone

By Mike StoneWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Appropriations Committee’s Defense subcommittee released its draft bill for fiscal-year 2026 late on Tuesday, which aims to buy one additional F-35 jet versus the Pentagon’s 2025 budget request and make investments in naval vessels, and missile defenses. The powerful committee’s draft of its version of the 2026 purchasing bill was released ahead of any formal input from the Trump administration’s Pentagon – which has been delayed.
US Congress seeks to boost Navy and Air Force fleets in 2026 bill

2 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Mike Stone

By Mike StoneWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Appropriations Committee’s Defense subcommittee released its draft bill for fiscal-year 2026 late on Tuesday, which aims to buy one additional F-35 jet versus the Pentagon’s 2025 budget request and make investments in naval vessels, and missile defenses. The powerful committee’s draft of its version of the 2026 purchasing bill was released ahead of any formal input from the Trump administration’s Pentagon – which has been delayed.
US Congress seeks to boost Navy and Air Force fleets in 2026 bill

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Mike Stone

By Mike StoneWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Appropriations Committee's Defense subcommittee released its draft bill for fiscal-year 2026 late on Tuesday, which aims to buy one additional F-35 jet versus the Pentagon's 2025 budget request and make investments in naval vessels, and missile defenses. The powerful committee's draft of its version of the 2026 purchasing bill was released ahead of any formal input from the Trump administration's Pentagon - which has been delayed.
US Congress seeks to boost Navy and Air Force fleets in 2026 bill

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Mike Stone

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Appropriations Committee's Defense subcommittee released its draft bill for fiscal-year 2026 late on Tuesday, which aims to buy one additional F-35 jet versus the Pentagon's 2025 budget request and make investments in...
Trump's vision for a twin-engine F-55 fighter jet faces reality check

2 weeks ago | reuters.com | Mike Stone

WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of a new, twin-engine version of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet may need to be scaled back due to cost and engineering realities, according to two people familiar with the matter. Speaking in Doha last month, Trump said the new "F-55" would feature "two engines and a super upgrade on the F-35." However, there is a caveat, with Trump saying, "if we get the right price." Sign up here.
Harvard's federally funded defense projects totaled $180 million in recent years, study shows

4 weeks ago | unionleader.com | Mike Stone

When the Trump administration cut federal funding to Harvard University, it abruptly ended an estimated $180 million that the federal government had poured into U.S. military projects at Harvard in recent years, according to an analysis from a defense software company. The Trump administration announced in April that it was moving to freeze $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University.
Trump's Golden Dome plan could launch new era of weapons in space

1 month ago | cp24.com | Joey Roulette |Mike Stone |Jamie Freed

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defence concept revives a controversial, decades-old initiative whose ambitious construction could upend norms in outer space and reshape relations between the world's top space powers. The announcement of Golden Dome, a vast network of satellites and weapons in Earth's orbit set to cost US$175 billion, could sharply escalate the militarization of space, a trend that has intensified over the last decade, space analysts say.