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A top Democrat who steers Pentagon policy said yesterday he is has multiple concerns about the health of the defense industry including figuring out how to maintain a skilled industrial […]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told lawmakers yesterday that though the Pentagon hasn’t planned for potential “sequestration” budget cuts, it may start preparations for them this summer. The Pentagon says its […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in compliance with standards set forth to verify the safe radiation dose emitted by whole body imagers based on X-ray technology, and furthermore these […]

House lawmakers repeatedly slammed the Air Force’s proposal to cancel a variant of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft yesterday, suggesting a powerful committee could attempt to tweak the plan. House […]

A special House panel will propose a series of recommendations by the end of next week for helping smaller companies compete for Pentagon contracts, its members said yesterday. The House […]

New legislation that been introduced in the House and Senate the past two months aimed at codifying the Department of Homeland Security’s responsibilities for working with the private sector and […]

Army leaders are hoping foreign sales and private partnerships will help military vehicle makers continue production during years the Pentagon does not plan to buy tanks and trucks from them. […]

A group of Republican senators who are upset with some of the provisions in a cyber security bill introduced this week and with how it was crafted and proceeding through […]

Despite a stated mission need for eight new high-endurance cutters, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) FY ’13 budget request excludes funding for the final two National Security Cutters (NSC). […]

The Pentagon’s plan to spend money to support defense firms as weapons buying shrinks will be wide-reaching, the defense secretary said yesterday about the still-nebulous industrial effort. Secretary Leon Panetta […]