Congress
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Air ForceDefense Approps Nears Senate Passage
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate neared final passage of the defense appropriations bill last night after accepting amendments including one requiring the Pentagon report to Congress on ground-based interceptor missiles. […]
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Air Force
Congress Squabbles Over DoD Budget Bills As Fiscal Year Starts
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers continued debating the Pentagon’s two budget bills yesterday, hashing out whether to include controversial funding for C-17 cargo aircraft and a second engine for the F-35 […]
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Business/FinancialMarines Corps Looking At More Than Forcible Entry For EFV Role
By Geoff Fein LIMA, Ohio–General Dynamics‘ [GD] Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle [EFV] is moving beyond just a forcible entry capability from the sea to providing Marines speed, maneuverability and protection that […]
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CongressWork Well Underway On New Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Prototypes
By Emelie Rutherford While it remains to be seen how the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) fares in a major Pentagon review, the Marine Corps is making progress developing reconfigured prototypes […]
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Air Force
Inouye Stands Behind F-35 Second Engine, Exportable F-22
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate’s lead appropriator said last Friday he hopes the final defense appropriations bill being readied for the White House will fund the F-35’s second engine program […]
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Business/Financial
Lieberman Suggests Separating Contract Auditing Agency From DoD
By Calvin Biesecker Problems uncovered a year ago at some of the auditing offices of the Pentagon agency that scrutinizes defense contracts turn out to be more widespread throughout the […]
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Air Force
Defense Bills Move On Hill As New Fiscal Year Nears
By Emelie Rutherford Senior lawmakers said yesterday they hope to finish work on the two Pentagon funding bills by the start of fiscal year 2010 next week, though they acknowledged […]
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Congress
House Panel Leaders Mainly Positive About New Littoral Ship Plan
By Emelie Rutherford A lawmaker who leads a Navy panel in Congress said he is pleased with the service’s new acquisition strategy for the cost-challenged Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program […]
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Congress
Republicans Slam New Missile Defense Plan Democrats Praise
By Emelie Rutherford Congressional Republicans immediately attacked yesterday the Pentagon’s new European missile-defense plan, charging it would leave the United States vulnerable, while Democrats hailed the new sea-and-land-based approach as […]
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ArmyMcHugh Confirmed As New Army Secretary
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate confirmed Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.) as the next Army secretary on Wednesday night, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as the service’s […]