Congress

Brass Don’t Say As Senators Ask Who Built Failed Satellite Whodunit? Senators asked at a hearing which company or firms built that U.S. intelligence satellite that failed completely just after […]

By Jen DiMascio The leader of a House subcommittee yesterday presented the Navy Secretary and Chief of Naval Operations with a deal on shipbuilding. The Navy wants to waive an […]

By Jen DiMascio and Emelie Rutherford Regardless of whether the Air Force acted legally and responsibly in its decision to choose Northrop Grumman [NOC] to build the service’s next aerial […]

By Jen DiMascio If yesterday was any indication, the Air Force’s hope for a quick start to development of aerial refueling tankers after last week’s contract award is unlikely to […]

By Jen DiMascio A senior member of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee and other lawmakers are pressing for hearings on the Air Force’s decision to award Northrop Grumman [NOC] a […]

By Jen DiMascio The Army National Guard needs $3.9 billion more than was included in its budget request for fiscal year 2009 and may run out of money for recruiting […]

By Geoff Fein Any plan to sacrifice a DDG-1000 to buy other ships could impact the Navy’s surface combatant lines as the service begins developing new classes of ships, the […]

By Dave Ahearn Some Democrats and Republicans, people in both the legislative and executive branches, and independent observers all agree on one point: NASA is underfunded and unable to continue […]

By Jen DiMascio Lawmakers said yesterday they are concerned about the effects of a $4 billion cut to the Transformational Satellite program (TSAT) in the Pentagon’s long term budget. "It’s […]

By Geoff Fein Lawmakers yesterday said they would like to see the Navy reach its goal of a 313-ship fleet sooner, and they would like to boost the ’09 shipbuilding […]