Congress

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke as a witness before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and then before the House Armed Services Committee, touching on topics including missile defense. The […]

By Emelie Rutherford Chances for a quick Senate confirmation of William Lynn as deputy defense secretary further diminished yesterday, when GOP Sens. John McCain (Ariz.) and Charles Grassley (Iowa) demanded […]

By Geoff Fein As expected, the Navy this week submitted paperwork notifying Congress that the VH-71 presidential helicopter has a Nunn-McCurdy breach. Navy Secretary Donald Winter signed off on the […]

By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) is prodding the Pentagon to obligate money Congress approved this fiscal year for a 10th LPD-17 amphibious transport dock ship. The Navy, meanwhile, […]

By Emelie Rutherford Defense Secretary Robert Gates cited concerns with President Obama’s new ethics rules on Capitol Hill yesterday, saying a new executive order that sparked a flare up over the deputy defense […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps does not have an enduring need for all the mine-resistant vehicles it bought for use in Iraq, the head of the Marine Corps said […]

By Ann Roosevelt Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen signed off on the Capstone Concept for Joint Operations (CCJO) that will guide how the joint force […]

Hicks Sees Aegis Missile Defense System Useful In Obliterating Enemy Missile In Ascent Phase Navy Aegis Program Needs 200 To 250 More Standard Missiles Than Planned By 2015 By Dave […]

NASA would receive an extra $1.5 billion if pending congressional economic stimulus legislation passes. One-third of that sum would go to NASA Earth science missions studying climate and other conditions. […]

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was chosen to chair the House Science and Technology Committee space and aeronautics subcommittee that oversees NASA, and authorizes its programs. Gifford’s husband, Mark Kelley, is […]