Congress

The House waded through amendments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill yesterday, narrowly rejecting a measure signaling Congress’ frustration that President Barack Obama does not have its […]

Pentagon officials questioned yesterday if they should be crafting 30-year shipbuilding and aviation plans for Congress, saying projections for shorter time periods may be more appropriate. A House Armed Services […]

A funding rule put in place by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requiring full funding for a program in a given fiscal year is causing a […]

House defense appropriators want to kill the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine and trim the Pentagon’s requested levels of procurement and research funding in the budget bill they plan […]

Military officials told senators last week their services’ delayed initial operational capability (IOC) dates for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be reset according to the aircrafts’ performance. The IOC […]

The defense policy bill the House passed yesterday pushes back on President Barack Obama’s plans to require contractors to disclose political contributions and end development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter […]

A Senate panel sounded alarms yesterday about test failures with the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, as a senior Pentagon official sought to assure it the national-missile-defense effort is on […]

Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that while difficult cuts are inevitable in the defense budget, unneeded weapon systems already have been eliminated and major ones being developed are […]

President Barack Obama could veto the Pentagon authorization bill now before the House because of language intended to keep alive the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine, the White House […]

The top Democrat and Republican in the Senate are working together to help resolve differences in various bills related to cyber security that have been put forth by a number […]