Congress

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) plans to meet with the defense industry today, when analysts will be listening for any details on his and GOP presidential hopeful […]

Republicans updated their party’s official platform on defense matters yesterday, approving a plan that supports robust military capabilities, rejects potential “sequestration” budget cuts, and backs enhanced missile-defense systems. The Republican […]

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama’s handing of the war in Afghanistan yesterday as Republicans met in Tampa to plan their party’s platform on matters including the […]

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) started to touch on foreign-policy matters on the campaign trail yesterday, but the Republican vice presidential candidate has not yet delved into national security to the extent […]

Retired Pentagon officials predicted yesterday that so-called sequestration budget cuts to the Pentagon would gut the National Guard and result in painful Guard-related job losses in congressional districts across the country. […]

Senators are offering clashing proposals for moving forward with stalled cybersecurity legislation as President Barack Obama weighs going around Congress and creating measures for businesses to better protect their networks. Senate supporters of […]

Rep. Paul Ryan’s addition to the Republican presidential ticket could sway Pentagon funding depending on the results of the November election, experts said. Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican whom presidential candidate […]

Four House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members wrote the White House Office of Management and Budget supporting the cost and stability benefits of incremental funding for Virginia-class submarines. In a […]

LAS VEGAS–Integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into civilian airspace poses "significant challenges" but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is committed to ensuring it is done so safely through pilot training […]

NASA chose three aerospace companies to continue working over the next two years on commercial spaceships intended to carry astronauts to the International Space Station by 2016. The space agency awarded Boeing’s […]