Congress

By Calvin Biesecker A congressional mandate that all cargo containers bound for the United States be electronically scanned for threats raises a host of challenges for the U.S. and foreign […]

By Emelie Rutherford Surrogates for presumptive presidential nominees Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) described yesterday cautious approaches the candidates would take to the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW)–though […]

By Emelie Rutherford With the Government Accountability Office’s decision on Boeing‘s [BA] protest of the Air Force tanker contract to Northrop Grumman [NOC] expected this Thursday, lawmakers on both sides […]

By Emelie Rutherford Maine’s senators are appealing to defense appropriators in their chamber to heed the Navy’s $2.5 billion budget request for buying a third DDG-1000 destroyer–and to fight House […]

By Emelie Rutherford House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said yesterday she wants the House to pass the supplemental war-spending bill in time to send final legislation to the president before […]

By Emelie Rutherford Congress has signed off on part of the Pentagon’s reprogramming request–to internally shift billions of dollars in the absence of a war supplemental funding bill–but has put […]

By Calvin Biesecker The House panel that oversees homeland security appropriations yesterday approved a $39.9 billion spending bill that would add $2.3 billion, or 6 percent, to the president’s budget […]

By Emelie Rutherford A congressionally mandated commission examining U.S. strategic posture and the role of nuclear weapons has the potential to initiate a major reexamination of the nation’s strategic defenses, […]

By Ann Roosevelt Army officials are preparing for a Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) In Process Review (IPR) of its major modernization program Future Combat Systems (FCS) in Washington, D.C. this […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer said garnering greater flexibility to hire more acquisition personnel tops his near-term wish list for Congress. When asked recently what he would […]