Congress

House and Senate negotiators are likely to file a final FY ’12 defense appropriations bill by day’s end that provides the Pentagon a $5 billion boost in funding over last […]

The Obama administration yesterday issued a plan for countering violent extremism in the United States that prioritizes terrorism inspired by Al Qaeda and its affiliates and aims to improve cooperation […]

House and Senate lawmakers continued to hash out the final versions of the two Pentagon budget bills yesterday in hopes of wrapping up the delayed measures–which dictate the fate of […]

The Marine Corps shielded weapons accounts from cuts during a recent budget review intended to help the Pentagon find savings Congress mandated over the summer, the service’s Nov. 2 military leader […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said the U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) it oversees reached $34.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2011, surpassing the $30 billion mark for the fourth […]

Lawmakers who set Pentagon policy met last night to begin reconciling House and Senate defense bills–likely addressing controversial provisions on military detainees and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter–and hope to […]

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned yesterday if the Pentagon does not force Lockheed Martin [LMT] to pay for a greater portion of cost overruns with the next F-35 Joint Strike […]

The General Electric [GE]-Rolls-Royce partnership developing the second F-35 Joint Strike Fighter engine said Friday they will abandon the project at the end of the year. “The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter […]

Under the threat of a budget sequestration and a push for general deficit reduction, the Defense Department is entering a period of a defense build down that will have a […]

The Pentagon and defense industry are working to ensure faulty or counterfeit parts do not make their way into the supply chain, officials said Friday, after the Senate passed legislation […]