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The Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract for the Hand Held, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) advanced radio program, part of the Army’s network, is coming to a close by […]

NASA yesterday successfully launched its Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, commencing its 10-month journey to the “Red Planet,” according to an agency statement. The launch took place at […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s recently announced acquisition reform effort is likely to yield some language in the fiscal year 2015 authorization bill and significantly more in the FY ’16 […]

As the Senate begins to consider the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 this week, the Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member warned that a few contentious issues […]

The United States military will be geared more towards relationship building with other nations in the future as the world becomes more complicated and interconnected, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said […]

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Nov. 13 said the Army is changing its acquisition strategy for Rifleman Radio and HMS Manpack radios to a multi-vendor concept after his push to promote […]

Two congressmen who currently serve in the military discussed what they see as a growing schism between Congress and the Pentagon, with their frustrations at the budgeting process on display. […]

The Air Force needs to think of ways that don’t necessarily involve offensive capability to protect its space assets as space becomes increasingly congested, the service’s top civilian said yesterday. […]

Twenty-eight members of Congress attended a classified briefing yesterday afternoon hosted by House Armed Services Committee chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) and HASC readiness subcommittee chairman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) to learn […]

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) introduced legislation Tuesday requiring the Defense Department to report to Congress on its use of the Russian RD-180 rocket engine in national security launches. The bill […]