Congress

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 […]

By Emelie Rutherford With temporary Defense Department spending set to expire Dec. 18, House lawmakers could potentially pass the delayed FY ’10 defense appropriations bill next week. If the Pentagon […]

By Emelie Rutherford As government auditors prepare to rule in the coming days on whether the Army improperly awarded a truck contract to Oshkosh Corp. [OSK], lawmakers continue to weigh […]

By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates told House lawmakers yesterday the Pentagon will likely buy more than 3,000 additional mine-resistant trucks for the additional troops being sent to Afghanistan. […]

By Geoff Fein The cost for the recently awarded contracts for the third and fourth Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) was more than $430 million per ship–however missing from that number […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s lead defense budget writer plans to talk to the Pentagon acquisition chief today about ensuring there is an industry competition to build the Air Force […]