Congress

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vowed yesterday to prevent roughly $1 trillion in defense budget cuts if he wins the White House, seeking to blame President Barack Obama for the spending […]

Supporters of a bipartisan cybersecurity bill in the Senate said they hope they can muster enough votes this week to initiate debate, yet admitted recent changes haven’t converted a substantial […]

Defense companies, congressional lawmakers and industry representatives plan to stage a rally Monday to stop a draconian spending measure that could severely impact the defense budget over the next 10 […]

The Senate is unlikely to debate the fiscal year 2013 defense authorization bill before it breaks for August recess, and a Republican co-author of the legislation is not happy. Senate […]

Five senators that have been leading the push for comprehensive cyber security leadership but have gotten nowhere with a comprehensive bill they introduced in February on Thursday introduced a revised […]

The Republican-led House passed the defense budget bill last night, via a 326-90 vote, after rejecting Democrats’ attempt to strip nearly $8 billion from the spending plan to make it adhere to […]

There could be “unintended consequences” if the United States unilaterally withdraws from funding the proof of concept of the trilateral Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), according to German Defense […]

Defense industry executives called for more clarity regarding potential across-the-board Pentagon budget cuts yesterday, warning lawmakers that programs for jets, helicopters, and ships could be harmed. Leaders of Lockheed Martin […]

The House began debating a $519.2 billion defense appropriations bill yesterday, voting down proposals to cut funding for the Afghanistan war and missile defense. Many amendments are expected to the Pentagon spending measure, because […]

A defense-industry group unveiled a report warning so-called sequestration budget cuts could lead to the loss of more than 2 million jobs yesterday as Democrats and Republicans clashed on Capitol Hill about […]