Army
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Air ForceGov’t Shutdown Averted After Deal Struck On DoD Budget
By Emelie Rutherford Congressional leaders announced late last Friday they reached a deal that would prevent the federal government from shutting down that night at midnight, after they agreed to […]
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Air ForcePentagon Prepares For Shutdown As Obama Rejects House Defense Bill
By Emelie Rutherford Facing the possibility of a government shutdown tomorrow, a top Pentagon official provided details yesterday on how the military workforce would operate without a budget. Deputy Defense […]
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ArmyReconfigured Strykers Poised For Delivery To Afghanistan
By Emelie Rutherford The Army has Stryker vehicles redesigned with double-V-shaped hulls ready in South Carolina to be shipped to troops in Afghanistan, service officials told a Senate panel yesterday. […]
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Air ForceObama, Dems Balk At New House GOP Plan With Full Defense Budget
By Emelie Rutherford With a federal government shutdown looming after Friday, House Republicans are facing significant opposition to their plan to fund the Pentagon for the rest of fiscal year […]
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Air ForceCarter Establishing More Formal System For Speedy War Acquisitions
By Emelie Rutherford As the Pentagon grapples with congressional resistance to reprogramming funding in its coffers, a top defense official said yesterday he is working to make more formal processes […]
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Air ForceLawmakers Eye Defense Add-Ons To Latest Temporary Fed Budget
By Emelie Rutherford As Congress prepares to take up yet another temporary federal budget extension this week, defense-minded lawmakers are trying to attach Pentagon policy measures to the bare- bones […]
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ArmyArmy: Will Work With Industry About Breaks In Vehicles’ Production Lines
By Emelie Rutherford Army officials told concerned lawmakers yesterday they are weighing how to work with industry when the service plans to pause production of three key vehicles. Rep. Silvestre […]
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Air ForceAmos Wants F-35 STOVL Off Two-Year Probation
By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps’ top officer told lawmakers yesterday he is closely monitoring development of his service’s variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and hopes to remove […]
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Air ForceDefense Spending Bill On Senate Floor This Week
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is expected to debate this week a defense appropriations bill for the remainder of this fiscal year that would cut $17.3 billion from President Barack’s […]
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Air ForceHouse To Weigh Two-Week Budget Funding DoD At Last Year’s Levels
By Emelie Rutherford The Republican-controlled House is slated to debate a two-week budget extension today that would maintain the Pentagon at last year’s budget levels and prevent a government shutdown […]