Congress

By Emelie Rutherford A House subcommittee postponed a hearing scheduled for yesterday on the Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) program because the panel’s chairman is sick. The hearing will be […]

By Emelie Rutherford A long-awaited mobility-capabilities study that could indicate if the Pentagon wants to order more C-17 airlifters, among other matters, will reach the Office of the Secretary of […]

By Ann Roosevelt The House Armed Services Committee today learns more about the Army-disputed Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) latest report on the services’ top modernization program, the Future Combat System […]

By Emelie Rutherford Plans are being made to send thousands of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) from Iraq to overseas-storage facilities and domestic bases because of the drawdown of […]

By Emelie Rutherford Two congressmen who help dictate funding for the Marine Corps’ developmental Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) said they have concerns about its design that could impact their support […]

United States May Be About To Repeat Past Mistakes: Stopping A Program Just As It Is About To Prove It Works Time Is Running Out For Providing $2 Billion To […]

GREENBELT, Md. — Even before President Obama releases his detailed federal government budget plan for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, leaders of NASA centers across the nation are […]

Balanced, Steady Funding Sought For Missile Defense As President Obama is considering whether to resurrect the former White House National Space Council, a recent report recommends just such a move, […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House’s main defense budget writer wants to direct the Air Force in the upcoming war-funding bill to buy refueling tankers from both firms battling for the […]

By Ann Roosevelt In the latest of its continuing series of examinations of the Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) program, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggests Congress hold off on […]