Congress

Concerned about major acquisition programs being routinely stalled by protests by losing companies of the contract award, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants to up the ante on filing […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s $574.5 billion defense spending bill, which the defense subcommittee (SAC-D) approved Tuesday, contained a big surprise: $1 billion in Navy shipbuilding funds to accelerate construction of […]

Defense Department officials on May 17 pushed back on industry claims that the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process is moving too slowly, necessitating major reforms. The FMS process as a […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) chairman said Thursday evening that he would seek to increase the defense authorization bill by at least $17 billion through an amendment he’d offer […]

Delaware Senator Tom Carper (D) on Thursday sent letters to the head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and the United States head of services for a global financial […]

In a 277-147 vote, the House passed the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act after a late night session where Republican lawmakers successfully fended off attacks to the budget’s topline […]

An influential lawmaker wants NASA to redirect billions of dollars it might spend on its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to space exploration programs with connections to future Mars missions. House […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Due to the planned procurement of only one Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in fiscal year 2018, the Navy aims to award a contract for the frigate program and […]

The White House objected to many provisions in the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (H.R. 4909), including moving Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) up to […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will advocate that President Obama veto the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act if it contains provisions included by the congressional defense […]