Congress

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) put the Trump administration’s nominee for deputy defense secretary on notice that he won’t automatically approve the nomination until he receives […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) should remain a neutral broker in developing standards to support public and private sector cyber security efforts and should not take on […]

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed an amendment to an Iran-Russia sanctions bill (S. 722) June 15 to ensure NASA and its industry partners can keep relying on Russian-made rocket engines. […]

Saudi Arabia has made “commitments” to “address some” of the issues that the United States has been concerned with regarding the targeting of civilians and non-military facilities by the Kingdom’s […]

The House Armed Service Committee (HASC) announced June 14 plans to begin considering the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill next week. A series of markup sessions will start June […]

The U.S. Department of Defense is scrutinizing all three legs of the nation’s aging nuclear triad as part of its nuclear posture review, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said June 14. […]

The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) naval reactors program suggested Wednesday that the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) for naval propulsion offers a significant advantage over […]

The House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved by voice vote the first authorization bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since the department was enacted into law […]

More than 40 Democrats in the House of Representatives have signed a letter to President Donald Trump calling for his administration to reinforce its role in arms control and bolster […]

Lawmakers hoping to see the Trump administration put money toward repeated promises to significantly grow the military were disappointed in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2018 budget request, which Defense Department officials […]