Congress

The Senate Appropriations Committee last week recommended providing $400 million for funding of border security technology in Arizona, $127.6 million less than requested by the Department of Homeland Security due […]

Pentagon officials plan to meet with the contractor building the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine about its proposal to self-fund the embattled program, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday. […]

Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday that the Marine Corps variant of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Lightning II is on schedule to meet the two-year timeframe for removing the […]

The defense budget will likely be top of the list of topics Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Marion Blakey and members of the association’s Executive Committee are expected […]

The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he was preparing to meet with a member of the deficit-cutting committee about his opposition to additional defense budget […]

The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he still sees a need for a second F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine despite the current fiscal pressures on […]

The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) called last week for a balanced approach to China as it increases its military might, saying U.S. weaponry should be […]

The Coast Guard on Friday said it has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $482 million contract to construct the fifth Legend-class National Security Cutter (NSC), to be named James. […]

As the new congressional committee charged with finding up to $1.5 trillion in additional federal budget cuts met yesterday, a Republican member said he will leave the bipartisan panel if […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made progress in strengthening its mission functions the past eight years as embodied in the issuance of strategic and operational plans, developing policies […]