Congress

By Emelie Rutherford The overall size of the defense budget likely needs to be increased to modernize equipment, the heads of an independent panel that critiqued the Pentagon’s 2010 Quadrennial […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House, via a 308-114 vote, granted final congressional approval yesterday to the long-delayed war-funding bill, after lawmakers agreed to remove much of the domestic spending tacked on to […]

By Emelie Rutherford A key House panel approved a $523.9 billion Pentagon spending bill yesterday with funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s alternate engine, a move that could bode […]

By Calvin Biesecker Senate Appropriators have agreed to fully fund the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) FY ’11 budget request for surface transportation security but are fencing $50 million in funds […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) program is already two years behind schedule and risks falling further behind if long-lead funding for the sixth vessel isn’t […]

By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing plans to implement the 44 initiatives and enhancements contained in its new Bottom Up Review (BUR) in support of […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a $43.8 billion FY ’11 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the mark-up of the bill by the Homeland Security […]

By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operates the second largest fleet of Predator unmanned aircraft systems behind the Air Force and has amassed nearly 7,000 flight hours on […]

By Emelie Rutherford A Senate budget-writing panel agreed yesterday to cut President Barack Obama’s proposed level of Pentagon funding, and a House committee could do the same thing next week. […]

By Emelie Rutherford Louisiana politicians are pushing to have Northrop Grumman [NOC] build two more Navy amphibious ships than planned at its ill-fated Avondale facility, and defense-minded lawmakers are busy […]