Congress

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman blasted yesterday a bipartisan Senate plan for cutting the deficit that he said calls for $866 billion in security cuts over 10 years. […]

The nominee to serve in a top global-strategy post at the Pentagon said yesterday she views some malicious infiltrations of computer networks as acts of war that could potentially warrant […]

After spending $46 billion over the past decade on canceled weapon systems that were never fielded, the Pentagon may have to wait at least 10 more years to recapitalize its […]

President Barack Obama said last Friday he stands by his desire to slash “hundreds of billions” more in longterm defense spending than his previous goal of a $400 billion cut […]

Continuing difficulties in developing a new-generation of radiation portal monitors that would be deployed to the nation’s ports of entry to scan containers and vehicles for illicit nuclear materials means […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.), continuing on a recent wave of criticism of defense programs, criticized yesterday the Air Force’s contract for a tanker aircraft. […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) yesterday said it plans to partner with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on pilot programs to test risk-based passenger screening at checkpoints at select airports […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) still has no idea whether the use of behavior detection techniques used by security officers to screen for potential terrorists at the nation’s airports […]

As Congress weighs whether to buy more cargo aircraft for the Pentagon next year, military officials told a Senate panel yesterday they stand firmly behind a plan to reduce the […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member John McCain (R-Ariz.) and six other senators told the Pentagon yesterday they have serious concerns about the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. They […]