Budget

The White House said Monday the defense appropriations bill the House will debate this week could be subject to a presidential veto because it adheres to a Republican budget plan […]

The Navy successfully launched its second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite Friday morning at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard one of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas […]

The United States reducing its nuclear weapons spending is not the answer to its budget problem because it is not a “big swinger,” in terms of the budget, according to […]

The House plans to debate the defense appropriations bill this week, after a likely contentious hearing on amendments Monday night. The House Rules Committee had scheduled a hearing last week […]

The Defense Department is trying to balance a mismatched and expensive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) force as it moves into a future of tightening budgets and high requirements for […]

The Air Force and prime contractor Boeing [BA] said yesterday they successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) of the KC-46A next-generation aerial refueling tanker over a three-day period in […]

A confluence of ideas and events have come together to make it hard for the Defense Department to make its case for avoiding across the board cuts, a top official […]

The Navy and launch partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) have readied for Friday’s potential 8:48 a.m. EST launch of the sea service’s second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellite, […]

Senators said they want more information on how the Pentagon would fare under “sequestration” next year, saying data Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel shared last week does not tell them enough […]

U.S. Cyber Command’s (CYBERCOM) Air Force component will likely add between 1,200 and 1,500 largely civilian cyber jobs to help the service and the combatant command bolster their cyber defense […]