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GMD Foes Say It Hasn’t Been Tested Against Countermeasures, But Then They Knock ABL Which Nails Missiles Despite Countermeasures As a full-scale battle opens this year over funding for missile […]

By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval panel in Congress is weighing legislative language directing the Navy to open its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program to increased competition if […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon will likely send its proposed $75.5 billion supplemental war-funding bill for the remainder of this fiscal year to Congress next week and wants it passed […]

By Emelie Rutherford A House subcommittee postponed a hearing scheduled for yesterday on the Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program because the panel’s chairman is sick. The hearing will be […]

By Emelie Rutherford A long-awaited mobility-capabilities study that could indicate if the Pentagon wants to order more C-17 airlifters, among other matters, will reach the Office of the Secretary of […]

By Ann Roosevelt The House Armed Services Committee today learns more about the Army-disputed Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) latest report on the services’ top modernization program, the Future Combat System […]

By Emelie Rutherford Plans are being made to send thousands of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) from Iraq to overseas-storage facilities and domestic bases because of the drawdown of […]

By Emelie Rutherford Two congressmen who help dictate funding for the Marine Corps’ developmental Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) said they have concerns about its design that could impact their support […]

United States May Be About To Repeat Past Mistakes: Stopping A Program Just As It Is About To Prove It Works Time Is Running Out For Providing $2 Billion To […]

GREENBELT, Md. — Even before President Obama releases his detailed federal government budget plan for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, leaders of NASA centers across the nation are […]