Congress

Government auditors are questioning an argument–regarding decreased risk of having counterfeit parts–in favor of the Pentagon buying helicopters from a controversial Russian firm. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a […]

Congress has sent President Barack Obama a continuing budget resolution that includes defense appropriation funds to complete the Medium Extended Air and Missile Defense System (MEADS) Proof of Concept (PoC), […]

Former Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.) and former Deputy Secretary of Energy T. J. Glauthier are chosen to serve on the Congressionally-mandated advisory panel to evaluate the governance of nuclear security […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-Okla.) wants to create a $16 billion fund to help the Pentagon offset unintended costs the “sequestration” budget cuts could trigger. […]

The House easily passed a new government budget on Thursday that helps the Pentagon manage the new “sequestration” budget cuts, spurring military leaders to delay the process of furloughing civilian […]

Seeking to close a loophole in existing law, several House members this week introduced a bill that would require domestic flight training schools to check the status of U.S. citizens […]

The Senate passed via a 73-26 vote on Wednesday a level-funded $518 billion defense appropriations bill after rejecting an attempt to reduce military-biofuel funds in it. The Senate made no […]

The F-35 strike fighter aircraft program will be subject to the same cuts as other defense programs under the budget sequester, the Defense Department’s Budget Chief told a House panel […]

Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is calling on lawmakers pushing for a new missile-defense site on the East Coast of the United States to temper their […]

The Pentagon is reviewing the new Defense Strategic Guidance it released last year in light of fiscal constraints, but said it has not gone as far as to end the […]