Congress

There could be “unintended consequences” if the United States unilaterally withdraws from funding the proof of concept of the trilateral Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), according to German Defense […]

Defense industry executives called for more clarity regarding potential across-the-board Pentagon budget cuts yesterday, warning lawmakers that programs for jets, helicopters, and ships could be harmed. Leaders of Lockheed Martin […]

The House began debating a $519.2 billion defense appropriations bill yesterday, voting down proposals to cut funding for the Afghanistan war and missile defense. Many amendments are expected to the Pentagon spending measure, because […]

A defense-industry group unveiled a report warning so-called sequestration budget cuts could lead to the loss of more than 2 million jobs yesterday as Democrats and Republicans clashed on Capitol Hill about […]

As Congress prepared to debate legislation and hear testimony this week on “sequestration” reductions to the Pentagon budget, a senior Democrat threatened yesterday to let the potential cuts take effect […]

The Defense Department plans to turn over radio program responsibilities with the primary tactical radio requirements, after nearly a decade of effort to develop next-generation software-defined radios under the Joint […]

Republican leaders in the House and Senate told President Barack Obama they would not support delaying the start of so-called sequestration cuts next January that could slice $500 billion off […]

The co-author of legislation in the Senate that would leave the creation of cyber security standards and their enforcement to the private sector entities that have to implement them doesn’t […]

The Pentagon ended a controversial rule yesterday limiting the length of reports to Congress after a leading House member threatened to penalize the Pentagon. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy […]

The head of the Pentagon’s Strategic Command (STRATCOM) vigorously defended yesterday plans to build 12 SSBN(X) ballistic-missile submarines, suggesting the number of vessels could even increase. Lawmakers and Pentagon officials […]