Published March 11, 2011

Already serving on the important Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Scott Brown just got a little more powerful.

Sen. Scott Brown addresses the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in November. (AP)

Brown was named the Ranking Member of the SASC Subcommittee on AirLand Friday. The subcommittee’s responsibilities include overseeing Army and Air Force programs and Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs.

The subcommittee is chaired by Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Independent who caucuses with Democrats, and Brown will be the most powerful Republican on the panel.

The AirLand subcommittee is not currently scheduled to hold any hearings, according to the schedule on the SASC website. The full Armed Services Committee is to be briefed on the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday.