Congress

By Geoff Fein The Navy is working to meet a Monday deadline to inform Congress of plans to pursue a multi-year buy of Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornets that could […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon will release the long-awaited solicitation for the Air Force tanker today, when observers will wait to hear if Northrop Grumman [NOC]- European Aeronautic Defence and […]

By Emelie Rutherford A top Air Force official told lawmakers who support continuing a disputed jet engine yesterday that military officials’ opposition results from a "close call" made after weighing […]

By Geoff Fein For FY ’11, the Navy has outlined three unfunded requests totaling $532 million for aviation spares, and aviation and ship maintenance. "Although these unfunded requirements are not […]

By Emelie Rutherford The defense industry is making healthy investments in this fall’s mid-term elections, boosting the campaign coffers of Democrats in Pennsylvania and congressional heavyweights, including the Senate majority […]

By Emelie Rutherford If Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) becomes the next chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D), he would advocate vigorously for Boeing [BA] and exhibit a shrewdness […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the all-powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) who swayed much of the Pentagon’s spending, died yesterday in Arlington, Va., from […]

By Emelie Rutherford With the military services’ fiscal year 2011 budget hearings set to kick off this week, lawmakers are sorting through claims and data regarding whether there is a […]

By Emelie Rutherford Military leaders pushed back yesterday on criticism from House lawmakers who are upset the Pentagon does not want to fund a disputed jet-engine program and believe new […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy’s DDG-1000 destroyer program is poised to breach cost-controls set by Congress requiring it to be canceled or recertified process, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday. […]