Congress

While Congress was away for its August recess, several members of defense committees saw their reelection bids get significantly more competitive, and one key lawmaker was knocked out of the […]

A new report shows that the nine most competitive Senate races this fall, all of which involve senators with ties to the defense committees, are seeing a heavy presence of […]

More senators have joined the call for sending weapons to Ukraine, with Senate Armed Services Committee members John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) writing a letter to President Barack […]

Several Alabama companies in the aerospace supply chain wrote to their congressional delegation asking for support not only for the “traditional” aerospace contractors–namely the United Launch Alliance (ULA)–but also for […]

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will travel to Ukraine this week, hoping the conflict at the Russian border is nearing an end […]

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to modify an existing chemical facility standards program managed by the Department of Homeland Security and also […]

The House on Monday evening approved several bipartisan bills including one authorizing Customs and Border Protection and another that codifies much roles and responsibilities the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]

Three years after the Department of Homeland Security terminated a program aimed at developing and producing the next-generation of portal systems to detect radiological threats hidden in cargo and vehicles, […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee added $225 million to its Emergency Supplemental Funding bill for the current fiscal year to support Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system in light of ongoing […]

Senate lawmakers on the defense appropriations panel have added $1.2 billion to the budget for fiscal 2015 that would allow the Navy to purchase 12 of Boeing’s [BA] EA-18G Growler […]