Congress

NASA announced yesterday its intended design for a heavy-lift rocket that will to carry astronauts to Mars, appeasing lawmakers irked by a delay in the plan’s unveiling. The new rocket, […]

Defense and aerospace companies launched an all-out offensive yesterday against any additional Pentagon budget cuts by a committee charged with reducing the federal deficit. Marion Blakey, president and chief executive […]

In its first markup of a comprehensive Homeland Security Authorization Bill since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stood up in 2003, a Senate panel yesterday began debate on a […]

A Senate panel wants to slash funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and kill a new combat vehicle effort as part of $26 billion in cuts to the […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee last week recommended providing $400 million for funding of border security technology in Arizona, $127.6 million less than requested by the Department of Homeland Security due […]

Pentagon officials plan to meet with the contractor building the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine about its proposal to self-fund the embattled program, Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday. […]

Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter said yesterday that the Marine Corps variant of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Lightning II is on schedule to meet the two-year timeframe for removing the […]

The defense budget will likely be top of the list of topics Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) President and CEO Marion Blakey and members of the association’s Executive Committee are expected […]

The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he was preparing to meet with a member of the deficit-cutting committee about his opposition to additional defense budget […]

The head of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said yesterday he still sees a need for a second F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine despite the current fiscal pressures on […]