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Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) is keeping her hold on the nomination of Deborah James to be the next Air Force secretary because she isn’t satisfied […]

Lawmakers involved in the defense and intelligence communities said the government shutdown has pulled thousands of intelligence analysts away from their jobs and away from defending against less-than-immediate threats to […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will attempt to return the first stage of one of the company’s Falcon 9 rockets early next year during its third Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) […]

The Navy’s command for training aviators is being forced to cancel all flights after two key industry contractors responsible for aircraft maintenance said they are stopping services because of the […]

Several defense companies have stepped back from extensive furloughs of their own workforce following the Pentagon’s decision to recall civilian employees, but warned on Monday that a prolonged government shutdown […]

No End In Sight. SASC canceled its Oct. 8 hearing to discuss the impact of sequestration on the services, as the government shutdown drags on. HASC continued with its work […]

Prime contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and BAE Systems are forming their own teams to compete for the Australian Defense Forces’ new pilot training program, formally known as the AIR 5428 […]

As damaging has sequestration has been to the military, with its arbitrary cuts causing backlogs of maintenance, administrative work and more, the government’s shutdown could prove more damaging if it […]

Despite passing the Pay Our Military Act to allow uniformed and civilian personnel in the Defense Department to work and get paid on time during the government shutdown, some lawmakers […]

Defense contractors say it is hard to determine this early on how their programs will be affected by the ongoing government shutdown, but they seem to believe they can continue […]