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Chairman Levin Endorses Lynn, Ex-Raytheon Leader, After OMB Gives Assent A key Senate leader endorsed President Obama’s nomination of William Lynn, a former executive with missile maker Raytheon Co. [RTN], […]

President Obama told Israeli and other Middle East leaders that he is determined to stop weapons being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, where Hamas terrorists already have fired thousands of […]

By Geoff Fein With the defense industry facing uncertainties about the FY ’10 defense budget, one question making the rounds at last week’s Surface Navy Association (SNA) symposium was whether […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will not consider confirming former Raytheon [RTN] lobbyist William Lynn to be deputy defense secretary until it learns how his nomination […]

By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers and aides said they don’t see any scenarios in which spending on Pentagon weapon systems will be added to the massive economic-stimulus bill that, in its […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s lead defense appropriator said yesterday he will support whatever path the defense secretary chooses for the F-22 stealth fighter, just as close to 200 other […]

By Emelie Rutherford More than 200 lawmakers, including nearly half of Congress’ sitting senators, are pleading with newly inaugurated President Barack Obama to continue production of the Air Force’s F-22 stealth […]

New Obama White House Website Offers Only Limited Support For Ballistic Missile Defense Programs Barack Hussein Obama pledged to continue waging war on terrorists, vowing to stymie their massacre of […]

Barack Obama as president is spelling out his policies, including a call to protect U.S. space assets by using both military and diplomatic means, and by hardening satellites against attack. […]

As a new president and Congress are poised to enact a roughly $800 billion economic stimulus bill, it is clear that the measure could provide immense help to critically tight […]