Congress

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 […]

A House panel is calling on the Pentagon to help maintain the industrial base, improve communication with industry, and revamp its acquisition processes. These and other recommendations from the House […]

A congressman who will draft part of the Pentagon policy bill in the coming weeks said yesterday he is concerned the administration is disproportionally funding European missile defense at the […]

Despite some initial shortcomings with how cyber threat data was shared with the defense industry as part of a pilot project with the Defense Department last year, lessons were learned […]

The Pentagon defended the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program on Capitol Hill yesterday as it prepares to release new data on the rocky program’s cost and schedule. Acting Pentagon acquisition […]

The head of a powerful committee vowed yesterday to fight defense budget cuts already set by Congress and boost funding for weapons programs including Navy ships. Just weeks before the House […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] CEO Bob Stevens warned yesterday that sequestration would likely force the big defense firms to void contracts with subcontractors and suppliers, resulting in “thousands of claims” for […]