Budget

The F-35 strike fighter aircraft program will be subject to the same cuts as other defense programs under the budget sequester, the Defense Department’s Budget Chief told a House panel […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is calling on lawmakers pushing for a new missile-defense site on the East Coast of the United States to temper their […]

The Pentagon is reviewing the new Defense Strategic Guidance it released last year in light of fiscal constraints, but said it has not gone as far as to end the […]

Hawkish lawmakers applauded the Pentagon’s announcement that it will boost missile-defense efforts–including burying more interceptors in Alaska–in response to Iran and North Korea’s work to develop long-range missiles. Yet Republicans […]

The Defense Department needs a “more comprehensive, recurring way” to evaluate the potential of cyber-related attacks on its nuclear command and control (C2) and weapon systems, according to the head […]

The Senate Budget Committee passed on Thursday night a federal budget resolution, which the panel’s lead Republican charged provides incorrect estimates for war funding. The Democratic-led panel approved its 10-year, […]

Senate leaders gave up their hope of passing a government budget bill Thursday night, pledging to find a way to work through a slew of amendments and pass the measure […]

Senate Democrats unveiled a broad budget resolution Wednesday that calls for ending the $500 billion in across-the-board “sequestration” cuts to defense over a decade but keeping roughly half that amount–$240 […]

The standup of a set of cyber security force teams within the Defense Department will give the United States more options to respond to adversaries, the head of U.S. Cyber […]

Information sharing with the federal government related to cyber security threats is benefitting the financial services sector but having more people in industry access to more classified information and improvements […]