:

Congress

New Threat Assessment Helped Drive Navy Destroyer Change, Service Tells Hill

DDN

Friday, August 1st, 2008

SHARE:

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy's new plan to stop buying DDG-1000 destroyers in favor of older DDG-51 combattants results partly from a threat assessment showing a need for combating foes who have improved blue-water capabilities and ballistic missiles, service officials told lawmakers yesterday. The shipbuilding leaders gave a partially skeptical crowd of House members--including some concerned about Raytheon [RTN] jobs in their districts that are tied to the DDG-1000 effort--more details on the Navy's new shipbuilding request to stop the DDG-1000…

Congress

Industry Groups ‘Urge’ Congress To Block Stock Buyback Restriction From Final FY ‘27 NDAA

More than three dozen industry associations on Monday called on congressional defense committee leaders to scrap a provision in the final version of the next National Defense Authorization Act that […]

Congress

Senior GOP HASC Members Wittman, Turner Ousted Amid Dems’ Blue Wave

Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have officially lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and […]

Congress

Dems’ Big Night Set To Reshape Top Defense Committee Spots, As Key GOP’ers Knocked Off

Democrats’ sweeping victories in Tuesday’s midterms, taking back control of the House and Senate, are set to reshape key spots atop defense committees, to include House Armed Services panels and […]

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

As the mid-term elections near with polls showing an increasing likelihood of a switch in majority control in the House and potentially the Senate, three Virginia Republicans on the House […]