Congress

By Jen DiMascio The leader of the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) yesterday vowed to block a war supplemental from moving forward unless the president agrees to change course in Iraq. […]

By Jen DiMascio Just before the Senate passed its version of the FY ’08 Defense Authorization Bill, the chamber agreed to an amendment that would make clear how funding for […]

By Jen DiMascio The Senate was poised late yesterday to pass the bill to authorize the Pentagon to spend $648.8 billion during the fiscal year. From here, a conference committee […]

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Smooth Sailing. SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Sen. John Warner (R.-Va.) said last week they made a special […]

By Jen DiMascio The administration on Sept. 20 submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee an agreement to loosen trade restrictions on military equipment between the U.S. and the U.K. […]

By Jen DiMascio Senators last week approved an amendment that blocks the Pentagon’s plan to reduce the number of B-52 bombers in its fleet. The Pentagon has been trying to […]

The Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system aced a test against a long-range ballistic missile target, just as Congress is poised to decide the financial fate of plans to extend […]

Even before the baby boom generation retires and begins using expensive Social Security and medical programs, the Department of Defense is sorely underfunded, according to a report from The Heritage […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) executive committee urged the Senate to approve the U.S./U.K. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty that would ease controls on trade in defense technology goods between the […]