Congress, Pentagon and Innovation
“Do you need those cruisers or don’t you? Do you need that carrier or don’t you?” was one way the…
Dunford Backs Building 12th San Antonio-Class Warship
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Pentagon’s pick to lead the Marine Corps, told Congress on Thursday he backs a congressional plan…
Senate Panel Wants Pentagon to Craft ‘Stable Requirements’ for UCLASS
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Defense (SAC-D) supports the U.S. Navy request for $403 million to continue the development of…
Defense Officials Endure Tough House Panel On Counterterrorism Funding
Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee fired bipartisan shots at the administration’s request for $58.6 billion in…
Stackley: Navy Plans to Refuel Carrier George Washington
This post has been updated to include a statement from Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.). The U.S. Navy’s chief shipbuilder told…
House Preserves George Washington Carrier Refueling Plan
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post indicated an amendment that would restrict money to fund a complex refueling and…
HASC Votes Unanimously to Keep George Washington Carrier, Preserves Air Force A-10
House defense lawmakers soundly rejected proposed Pentagon cuts to a number of big-ticket weapons programs in their version of the…
HASC Seapower Mark Preserves George Washington Carrier Refueling
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will withhold money from the Pentagon unless the Secretary of Defense obligates funding to…
Document: House Seapower and Projection Forces Mark on the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Budget
The following is the mark of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces committee’s mark on the Fiscal Year…
Twenty Former Marine Generals Want More Money for Amphibs
A constellation of twenty former U.S. Marine Corps generals — including a former commandant —wrote Congress to “highlight concerns,” on…