Congress

Senior senators are seeking additional reforms to the Pentagon’s processes for buying weapons, including a reexamination of the acquisition system and attempts to prevent the addition of requirements to platforms […]

Senate GOP defense hawks want to change Pentagon policy legislation so it calls for ending budget cuts, advances plans for an East Coast missile defense site, and increases oversight of […]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano expressed doubts last week about the private sector’s commitment to new cyberscurity guidelines from the White House. Napolitano gave an at-times skeptical […]

Senate budget-setters agreed Thursday to seek a $516.6 billion defense budget that is larger than both House Republicans and President Barack Obama proposed, and also ignores “sequestration” budget cuts. The […]

The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) has successfully demonstrated network interoperability with NATO systems during Joint Project Optic Windmill (JPOW) exercises held in May and June. MEADS International Executive […]

Pentagon officials expressed tempered optimism to lawmakers Wednesday that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program will meet key milestones, while stressing the importance of an upcoming assessment of Block 3 […]

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to add more-stringent cost controls on Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program to Pentagon policy legislation later this year. The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) […]

The Senate yesterday rejected by a vote of 58-36 an amendment offered by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) that would have held up temporary grants of legal status to anyone that […]

The head of a Senate panel that will quiz Pentagon leaders on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Wednesday said he wants to air developments with the program that he […]

The House passed the annual defense authorization bill via a 315-108 margin last Friday, after adding a requirement to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan and rejecting members’ attempts to […]