Congress

Failing to build Virginia-class (SSN-774) subs at a rate of two annually jeopardizes the Navy’s goal of sustaining an attack submarine fleet of 48 vessels over the long run, the […]

Amid a decline in airline passenger travel in the United States the past few years there has been an increase in the number of security officers employed by the Transportation […]

The heads of a NASA budget-writing panel questioned yesterday the space agency’s subsidization of four private companies that are developing systems to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. While the […]

In some airports where the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed machines that peer beneath a person’s clothing to scan for threats, the agency has hardly used the body imagers […]

Two Republican congresswoman yesterday introduced cyber security legislation that is based on a similar bill introduced in the Senate by eight Republicans earlier this month that promotes more sharing of […]

A lawmaker who helps craft the Pentagon budget called yesterday for boosting national missile defense spending and implanting missile interceptors on the East Coast of the United States. House Armed […]

NASA continued to defend its commercial-crew program last week, when a lead House budget-writer questioned the plan for government to help private commercial companies develop systems to carry astronauts to […]

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) predicted yesterday the House will pass a budget blueprint that would shield the Pentagon from so-called sequestration spending cuts over the next decade. The House […]

Sen. John McCain is demanding information from Pentagon leaders on an over-budget aircraft carrier and ill-fated missile-defense system. McCain, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent related letters […]

Two leaders in the Senate on homeland security issues yesterday praised the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for its proposal to dramatically increase spending on cyber security in the FY […]