Sen. John McCain is demanding information from Pentagon leaders on an over-budget aircraft carrier and ill-fated missile-defense system. McCain, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent related letters in the last two days after firing off additional budget-related missives to the Pentagon over the past week. He addressed the Medium Air Extended Defense System (MEADS), a three-nation program the United States had planned to stop participating in, in a letter yesterday to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The FY…
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Fischer Says Golden Dome Boosters Need To Increase Capitol Hill Support With Information, Warns Against Counting On Reconciliation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – A Senate Armed Services panel chair today said boosters of the Golden Dome program still have work to do to increase support on Capitol Hill while […]
HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy
An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]
House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]