Congress

After Senate Republicans on Thursday shot down a secondary amendment that would authorize an additional $18 billion in nondefense funding, Democrats responded in kind, helping to defeat a measure that […]

House Republicans on Thursday rolled out a national security strategy focused on ramping up cyber and border security efforts as well more aggressively fighting terrorist groups.   Not included in […]

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday unanimously agreed to authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) to become the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency, […]

The Senate appears to be divided by party lines on support for a Democratic amendment to the 2017 defense authorization bill that would match a proposed $18 billion boost to […]

The White House on Tuesday objected to a provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)-approved fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill that would require a study of the cost […]

The White House has come out against the Senate’s version of the 2017 defense authorization bill, opposing a number of provisions that would overhaul the acquisition process and rework the […]

Screening technology currently used to scan checked baggage at the nation’s airport at relatively high-speeds compared with the X-ray systems in use at checkpoints will be begin testing soon for […]

The co-chair of a commission that will make cyber security recommendations to the next president said there needs to be a debate whether private companies should be allowed to actively […]

The Senate on Monday kicked off debate of the 2017 defense authorization bill, beginning an amendment process that could have wide-reaching implications for the defense industry. More than 300 amendments have […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is backing the Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) and opposing former member Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in the RD-180 debate. In a […]