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Archives :: Daily Congressional news, military programs, procurement and legislation
Displaying 1 - 20 of 476 stories.
December 1, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The race is on for House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member, with three of the committee's five returning GOP subcommittee leaders seeking their party's top spot on the high-profile panel. Republican Reps. Roscoe Bartlett...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4888.html November 25, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy's fourth report to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on efforts to incorporate open architecture (OA) demonstrated that for the period of July through September, the service focused on how surface combat systems upgrades can be...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4841.html November 24, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy has notified Congress it will award a multiyear contract in excess of $500 million to General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat for Block III of the Virginia-class submarine program. The contract award will occur no earlier than Dec. 19, 2008...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4814.html November 24, 2008
Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill vehicle likely caused the SM-3 to miss killing a target missile, in a test...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4817.html November 24, 2008
Even if President-elect Obama is unenthusiastic about deploying the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as a shield against Iranian missiles, Obama now must stand firm in favor of building the EMD system or face bullying for the rest of his term as...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4819.html November 24, 2008
Sikorski Also Urges Strong Support For NATO By Marina Malenic and Dave Ahearn A top Polish official yesterday urged President-elect Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, and his administration to continue plans for installing ballistic missile defense interceptors...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4820.html November 24, 2008
President-elect Obama must continue the search for a Middle East peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, as he prepared to meet this evening with President Bush at the White House. Olmert earlier met with Secretary of State Condoleezza...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4821.html November 24, 2008
Alan Stern Resigned From NASA This Year NASA space hardware programs frequently run over budget, and the space agency should keep a tighter rein on spending, a former NASA science programs leader asserted in The New York Times yesterday. S. Alan Stern, an...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4823.html November 24, 2008
Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III turned over responsibility for missile defense operations to Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O'Reilly, who became the eighth director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The shift in leadership was announced...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4831.html November 24, 2008
Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) will continue as the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman in the next two-year Congress, the 111th Congress, the House Democratic Caucus decided. Skelton became chairman two years ago when Democrats were voted into control...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4832.html November 21, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The "big four" defense appropriators have joined other lawmakers in pushing the Pentagon to stick to plans to buy parts now for 20 future F-22 fighter jets, instead of obligating advance-procurement funds for just four aircraft...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4810.html November 20, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford A senior Pentagon official told vexed House lawmakers yesterday a new estimate shows his decision to scale back on congressional plans for F-22 jet purchases before the new administration's January arrival may not increase costs for the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4791.html November 20, 2008
By Geoff Fein As the Navy continues to examine problems with the lube oil system on the USS San Antonio (LPD-17), the service is taking steps to ensure there are no similar issues with the remainder of the class of amphibious ships. A team of 30 maintenance...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4792.html November 19, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The leadership of Senate defense panels will not be altered as much as previously thought next year after Democrats yesterday allowed Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I/D-Conn.) to remain chairman of the Senate Armed Services Airland...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4780.html November 18, 2008
The Army needs to report to Congress a "results-oriented plan" with specific information on its progress toward equipping and staffing its modular forces through 2019, the General Accountability Office (GAO) recommends in a recent report...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4744.html November 17, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon plans to award around the end of March up to five initial contracts for a new all-terrain Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, and is considering winnowing down to one contractor following further testing for the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4735.html November 17, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force confirmed last week it plans to order 15 C-17 Globemasters early next year, and will use money in its coffers to make up for a last-minute cut to the airlifter's funding in the most-recent war-supplemental spending act...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4736.html November 17, 2008
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn't expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Griffin made his remarks in...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4750.html November 17, 2008
General Warns That Delaying Missile Defense Such As In Europe Would 'Severely Hurt' Ability To Defend United States, Allies Against Enemies U.S.-European Missile Defense Scheduled To Be Operational By 2013, Just Before Iran To Have Ability To Strike U.S...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4751.html November 17, 2008
U.S. Nuclear Weapons May No Longer Provide Credible Deterrence, Tauscher Says, Urging Nukes Reduction Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), whose subcommittee oversees U.S. missile defense efforts, today questioned the value of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4752.html
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