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DEFENSE WATCH

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 7th, 2012

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The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Markup Madness. The full HASC will hold its annual day-long session for marking up the defense authorization bill this Wednesday, two weeks before the SASC starts its work on the same policy-setting legislation. The SASC subcommittee markups will start May 22, with the Seapower, Readiness and Management Support, Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Airland, and Personnel subpanels. On May 23, the Strategic Forces subcommittee will hold its markup. All of…

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