Congress

By Ann Roosevelt The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) does not recommending funding a National Program for Small Unit Excellence–developed over the past several months by U.S. Joint Forces Command […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate moved yesterday to add funding to the Coast Guard’s budget, not requested by the Obama administration, for rehabbing a polar icebreaker that has been drydocked […]

By Emelie Rutherford Senate debate on whether to keep funding in the Pentagon policy bill for aircraft efforts opposed by the Obama administration could start as soon as this week. […]

By Calvin Biesecker A House proposal that would shift the responsibility for testing of automated biological detection systems from one agency in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to another […]

By Emelie Rutherford The defense policy bill the Senate is expected to debate this month calls for the Pentagon to craft detailed plans for two much-debated aspects of the Ballistic […]

By Emelie Rutherford An official overseeing the purchase of new all-terrain mine-resistant trucks said yesterday he is "pretty confident" Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] will build all 5,244 planned vehicles over the […]

By Emelie Rutherford Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] beat four competitors for the first order for new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs) designed for Afghanistan’s terrain, though the Pentagon still […]

By Emelie Rutherford The outgoing head of the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) emphasized during a visit this week to Washington his desire for ample numbers of submarines and surface ships […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is expected to order as soon as today thousands of a new off-road variety of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) for troops in […]

By Calvin Biesecker Just as the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) program to advance the detection of, and response to, harmful biological pathogens in the nation’s major urban areas appears […]