http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2010 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 7:26:01 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Government auditors' latest assessment of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program warns additional cost growth and schedule extensions, beyond those recently unveiled, are likely. The Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) sixth annual... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9681.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Senators told the Coast Guard commandant nominee yesterday that if confirmed he must continue righting the Deepwater acquisition program and addressing homeland-security demands. Vice Adm. Robert Papp, President Barack Obama's pick to... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9674.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Pentagon officials are studying how President Barack Obama's proposal to cancel NASA's Constellation spaceflight program would impact the military's solid-rocket-motor efforts. The White House's fiscal year 2011 NASA budget request calls... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9598.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Called before Congress to explain delays and cost growth with Lockheed Martin's [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Pentagon officials said yesterday the aircraft's initial operational capability (IOC) for the Air Force and Navy will be... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9587.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard's cost estimates to complete its ongoing recapitalization of major assets such as aircraft, cutters and related communications has increased over $1 billion in the past year to $27.4 billion as the service dismantles the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9588.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford A key senator pushed back yesterday on new House earmark reforms that would change Pentagon budgeting processes, leaving the proposed changes in question. The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) announced yesterday morning it will no... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9578.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a close watchdog of the contest to build the next Air Force tanker, said yesterday he will not fight to change Northrop Grumman's [NOC] decision to exit the contest and will closely monitor Boeing [BA] going... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9573.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force plans to again seek approval to reprogram funding for replacing the engines in troubled target-tracking aircraft that the Pentagon said are "incredibly valuable" in theater. Yet whether the service moves to... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9567.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Calvin Biesecker President Barack Obama yesterday announced his intention to nominate Robert Harding, a former Army general, to be the next chief of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which has been without a politically appointed leader for... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9568.html Tue, 9 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Navy is kicking off a shipbuilding industrial base study to review the capabilities and capacities at U.S. shipyards to better inform the service as it crafts its next budget. The forthcoming study is intended to "get to the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9559.html Mon, 8 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Faced with senators frustrated by reports of delays in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's initial operational capability (IOC), Air Force leaders said yesterday their service may not know for months how much of schedule shift is needed. Air... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9550.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Geoff Fein As the Navy and the shipbuilding industry prepare to move toward producing two Virginia-class submarines per year, all eyes are looking ahead to the next-generation ballistic missile boomer. The submarine industrial base has to keep up the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9552.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Senate confirm the nominations of six senior Pentagon officials last night after senators who blocked their final approval released their holds. The nominees, selected by President Barack Obama, are: Frank Kendall III to be principal... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9556.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Army is "moving rapidly" to develop a V-shaped hull kit for the Stryker fleet to make the vehicles more resistant to explosives in Afghanistan, the service's top officer told anxious lawmakers yesterday. Troops using the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9535.html Thu, 4 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford With Northrop Grumman [NOC] expected to announce soon if it will compete for the Air Force tanker contract, congressional and defense officials are sizing up what would happen if Boeing [BA] remains the only aircraft bidder. Capitol Hill... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9527.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Massachusetts' new Republican senator, Scott Brown, has snagged coveted seats on the powerful Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs committees, his office said yesterday. Brown, a lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9533.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) budget request for the Coast Guard in FY '11, which calls for shedding some older assets to build new cutters and aircraft, creates holes in the service's mission capabilities sooner and later... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9534.html Wed, 3 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Geoff Fein The General Dynamics [GD] variant of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) uses less fuel per hour during higher rates of speed than the Lockheed Martin [LMT] vessel, according to a Navy document. The one-page LCS Consumption Curves shows that both... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9486.html Tue, 2 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford Congress is expected to start considering in mid-April President Barack Obama's $33 billion request for supplemental war funding for the current fiscal year, which is expected to be approved without any major skirmishes. Though Obama... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9487.html Tue, 2 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon "continues to explore" entering into a multi-year contract with Boeing [BA] for F/A-18 fighter jets, but was not able to make a decision by yesterday's congressional deadline, according to the deputy defense... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/congress/9492.html Tue, 2 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST