Congress

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) cast a unanimous voice vote yesterday in favor of making Leon Panetta the next defense secretary, leaving a confirmation vote by the full Senate the final […]

A House panel wants to boost the Pentagon’s proposed funding for a future bomber and existing Humvees and tanks, while calling for scrutiny of the Pentagon’s efficiencies initiative, Navy shipbuilding, […]

The Marine Corps revamped the requirements-setting process for a new amphibious vehicle and hopes to complete an analysis of it in six instead of 18 months, the service’s top equipment […]

Defense secretary nominee Leon Panetta said yesterday he would consider having contractors share in the cost of overbudget weapons, supports current ship-and-aircraft building goals, and is gravely concerned about cybersecurity. […]

Switching to a private security force and away from federal screeners at the nation’s 35 busiest airports would save taxpayer $1 billion over five years, according to a report released […]

Defense watchers will seek insight during Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing today into how he would treat weapon systems and industry as defense secretary, though the Washington insider offers few details […]

The Pentagon has delayed by half a year the award of a long-term maintenance contract for its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system in locations including Alaska and California. The Missile […]

Pentagon testers found a new version of the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle cannot effectively conduct the type of persistent spying for which it was designed. The Block 30 […]

A top Pentagon official testified last Friday he is concerned about the growing threat of adversaries jamming U.S. satellites. Air Force Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of U.S. Strategic Command […]

In the wake of a government report that says the Department of Energy (DoE) has weak management oversight of supply shortages of a critical gas used in radiation detection systems […]