Congress

By Emelie Rutherford A key Navy-focused committee in Congress soon will receive new leadership, following the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Tuesday and retirement of Sen. Mel Martinez […]

By Emelie Rutherford A blue-ribbon panel’s final report to President Obama on NASA’s future, which casts doubt on the viability of the Constellation program, will likely not be released quite […]

By Ann Roosevelt Creation of a Council of Governors and more discussion are needed before before the Secretary of Defense is granted more authority over reserve forces in responding to […]

By Emelie Rutherford The effort to build an off-road version of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) is benefitting from lessons learned during the highly scrutinized MRAP effort, including modifying […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is waiting to buy any more all-terrain mine-resistant trucks–1,275 more of which now are planned–until an upcoming ground assessment is delivered on the war in […]

By Ann Roosevelt The Army would gain as many as 22,000 personnel, while trucks, tactical vehicles and Humvees would be reduced under a potential $1 billion reallocation in fiscal year […]

By Emelie Rutherford A panel finalizing a report on alternatives for future NASA human spaceflight has decided on four options it will present the White House, with only one of those scenarios calling […]

By Emelie Rutherford A defense-budget analyst said yesterday the Obama administration will likely need more war funding than planned in fiscal year 2011 and beyond, and did not dismiss the […]

By Emelie Rutherford Leading defense appropriator Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) said Monday he will support removing funding for passenger jets not sought by the Pentagon from the fiscal year 2010 […]

By Emelie Rutherford As lawmakers debate whether to scrap a requirement that some future Navy ships have nuclear propulsion, an auditor said more analysis it needed to determine if nuclear […]