http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:03:40 EST By Calvin Biesecker The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) yesterday began an outreach campaign targeted at the incoming Obama administration and Congress touting the importance of the aerospace and defense industry to the nation's economic health. AIA is... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4923.html Wed, 3 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The new mine-resistant-vehicle competition the Pentagon is preparing to launch next week could cost $3 billion, a price tag that would be supported by an expected $1.5 billion request to Congress early next year, sources said. The... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4928.html Wed, 3 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon looks to have won the battle with powerful lawmakers who charged it scaled back congressional plans for buying parts for future F-22 Raptor jets before the change in presidential administrations. As planned, the Pentagon on... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4917.html Tue, 2 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford President-elect Barack Obama confirmed yesterday Defense Secretary Robert Gates will stay on the job in the next administration, capping off negotiations with Gates over just what type of role he will have in the new setup. No indication... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4918.html Tue, 2 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST By Calvin Biesecker President-elect Obama yesterday announced that he will nominate Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) to be his Secretary of Homeland Security, a selection that was expected and praised. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I/D-Conn.), chairman of the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4919.html Tue, 2 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST New Uses Seen For ABL Include Taking Out Aircraft, Cruise Missiles, Surface-To-Air Missile: Boeing Test Success, Possible New Uses For ABL Come As Congress May Consider Cutting ABL Funds In Fiscal 2010 Budget Bill By Dave Ahearn The Airborne Laser (ABL)... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4892.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST The Czech Republic Senate, 40-31, approved a plan for the United States to install a radar on Czech territory as part of the envisioned European Missile Defense (EMD) system. Because the Czech administration already approved the deal, that leaves only the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4894.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST President-elect Obama's plan to remove U.S. forces from Iraq and focus instead on Afghanistan may not save the $10 billion a month he has mentioned in campaign speeches. He is counting on some savings from a drawdown in Iraq to pay for other initiatives he... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/4899.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST 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 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST