Congress

Congress is back at work, weighing a temporary federal budget as well as alternatives to so-called sequestration budget cuts yesterday, when Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney also warned against cutting […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) has demonstrated its capability to detect and track swarming boats hundreds of miles away in test scenarios […]

Some of the nation’s largest military contractors told lawmakers they are struggling to determine if they should issue layoff warnings to employees in advance of potential across-the-board Pentagon budget cuts […]

The White House missed a deadline for sending Congress a report on so-called sequestration budget cuts last week, but said it will deliver the document in the coming days. Republicans […]

President Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president at his party’s convention last night, when Democrats touted his national-security credentials. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) included more public talk […]

The White House is poised to send Congress a report on how so-called sequestration budget cuts would be implemented, a document the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer implied yesterday will not […]

Mitt Romney formally accepted the Republican nomination for president during a speech last night that touched only briefly on military matters. Defense-minded observers have been frustrated that the former Massachusetts […]

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said yesterday if elected he intends to shield the Pentagon from planned spending cuts. Romney, addressing the American Legion in Indianapolis, took aim at reductions […]

A key group of voters want lawmakers to prevent across-the-board Pentagon spending reductions soon, according to a new poll released yesterday, when the Republican party approved a new plan resisting […]

Republican National Convention delegates plan to approve a new platform today that advocates robust military spending–while touting aircraft, Navy ship, and missile defense needs–without setting specific goals for the size of the Pentagon […]