Congress

The House will consider legislation next week that could impact the way defense contracts are awarded. In the wee hours of the morning on Thursday the House Armed Services Committee […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling for changes to ship, vehicle and missile-defense plans, while rejecting a move to limit F-35 Joint Strike Fighter funding, in the fiscal […]

The House yesterday rejected by voice vote an amendment during consideration of the FY ’14 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill that would have eliminated funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) […]

A House panel likely will hold hearings on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), in the wake of a damning report from government auditors, and may try to restrict funding for […]

The Obama administration on Monday said the president’s senior advisers would recommend a veto of the House version of the FY ’14 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2217) if the […]

Defense budget-setters in the House want to cut $1.85 billion from the Pentagon’s budget request for developing and buying weapon systems. The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) released on Tuesday […]

House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Democrats were not united on Monday behind a potential push to block the Pentagon from continuing a troubled tri-nation missile defense program. Rep. Jim Cooper […]

President Barack Obama said on May 31 he has made “real progress” in talks with NATO about compelling the 28-nation alliance to invest more in military capabilities. Obama told reporters […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week notified Congress that it would not extend a deadline that expires today for equipping and deploying privacy filtering software on the body scanning […]

State and federal lawmakers joined leaders of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., (EADS) North America and American Eurocopter calling on Congress to restore funding for the Army’s UH-72A […]