Congress

The administration would have flexibility in doling out potential Pentagon budget cuts that could kick in next January, a former White House official said. John Cooney, previous general counsel at […]

A senior defense-focused senator cautioned the Navy yesterday against growing its fleet to 313 ships by purchasing what she views as too many less-advanced vessels, expressing concern about the service’s rate of buying large surface combatants. “Building a […]

The defense industry and some lawmakers are sounding alarms about recent changes to the law dictating how depot-level work on military equipment is shared between government and private facilities. An Aerospace Industries […]

President Barack Obama and Pentagon leaders pledged to end “Cold War” weapon systems when discussing the Pentagon’s strategic review yesterday, but shared no details about program cancellations that will be […]

Boeing [BA] said yesterday it was shuttering its facility in Wichita, Kan., and shifting work on the KC-46A to Washington, a move swiftly criticized by Kansas lawmakers who accused the […]

Lawmakers are calling on the Pentagon to report in the near future on a nascent cybersecurity program with the defense industry to assess how to better defend government and critical infrastructure […]

The Pentagon plans to unveil tomorrow findings of a months-long strategic review intended to identify $450 billion-plus in longterm budget cuts. The announcement, expected during a press conference with Defense Secretary […]

After beginning to circulate draft legislation last week aimed at helping to achieve consensus on a comprehensive cyber security bill in the Senate, Senate staff this week began meeting with […]

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and Virginia-class submarine programs were the biggest victims of cuts made by Congress to the Navy’s shipbuilding request for fiscal 2012. The Defense appropriations bill […]

Siding with the Senate’s proposed funding level, Congress is providing $400 million in FY ’12 for border security technology and fencing programs, nearly $128 million less than the Department of […]