Congress

By Calvin Biesecker and Geoff Fein President Obama yesterday selected Howard Schmidt, an information security expert with wide ranging experience in the public, private and law enforcement arenas, to be […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last week notified Congress of a critical Nunn-McCurdy breach of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) portion of the Remote Minehunting System (RMS) program. Lockheed Martin […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate sent the $636.3 billion defense appropriations bill to President Barack Obama on Saturday, shortly after a temporary Pentagon arrangement expired. Early on Saturday, during the […]

By Emelie Rutherford With the threat of a congressional blockade of his confirmation looming, the nominee for Army acquisition chief told lawmakers yesterday he will likely play a "strong role" […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate was prepared to pass a $636.3 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2010 last night, as lawmakers waited to learn if the actual vote […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House is poised to debate this week the defense appropriations bill, which House and Senate lawmakers finalized in public without convening an official conference committee. The […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House is expected to pass the long-delayed Pentagon spending bill this week after House and Senate appropriators met last Friday to hash out differences between different […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps faces a "dilemma" as it weighs what vehicles to use until industry develops a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) that is suitable for the […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is researching whether a new version of the decades-old Loran-C navigation system could be a viable backup to Global Positioning System […]

By Emelie Rutherford Texas’ U.S. senators have warned they could block the confirmation of the Army’s next acquisition chief if the service does not reconsider its award of the Family […]