Congress

By Emelie Rutherford A group of senators sent Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England a letter this week criticizing what they said is a Pentagon proposal to scale back on planning […]

By Emelie Rutherford Tuesday’s congressional elections and a series of pending retirements are overhauling the Republican sides of the House and Senate armed services committees, while the Senate Appropriations Defense […]

By Calvin Biesecker Despite a potential budget crunch stemming from the federal government’s ongoing bailout of financial institutions and banks, spending on homeland security is likely to remain strong, according […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy on Monday issued its long awaited revised request for proposal (RFP) for two Flight 0+ Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to be procured in FY ’09. […]

By Emelie Rutherford Before the final ballots were cast in yesterday’s elections, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) appeared to have beaten his GOP challenger on the fundraising front–garnering more than $3 […]

By Emelie Rutherford Four leading defense authorizers called on the Pentagon yesterday to spend money included in the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization and appropriations acts to allow for possible […]

By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Ted Stevens’ departure from the post as Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee (SAC-D) ranking member has generated uncertainly about the fate of initiatives including national missile defense […]

By Emelie Rutherford While Congress appropriated all the Army’s requested fiscal year 2009 funding for the Future Combat Systems (FCS), the program is likely to face a funding crunch next year, […]

By Calvin Biesecker A second round of testing that was completed on next-generation radiation portal monitors falls short in terms of the amount of testing needed to generate a statistically […]

View That Congress Will Slash Or Kill Spaceship Program Not Borne Out By Strong Budgetary Support, Officials Say NASA Examining Ways To Begin Manned Orion-Ares Flights Sooner The next-generation Ares […]