Defense
Report: Industry may be unable to meet military's needs
Group urges Pentagon to consider the impact of security strategies and budgeting and acquisition decisions on the defense industrial base.
Management
Top NASA picks on a glide path toward their jobs
Nominee to lead the space agency says it needs to build on its investments in the International Space Station.
Defense
Lawmaker says he'll urge appropriators to kill Osprey program
Officials defend the hybrid tilt-rotor aircraft, describing it as an essential weapon system.
Defense
House panel reverses cuts in aircraft programs
Measure overrules Pentagon's decision to kill an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense
Panels back larger Army, more funds for special operations
A military pay raise of 3.4 percent, slightly higher than the president's proposal, moves forward.
Defense
Change in Army relocation plans draws fire from appropriators
Lawmakers want the service to compensate Georgia communities for improvements made in anticipation of an influx in troops.
Defense
Subcommittee approves bill easing PTSD compensation for vets
Veterans would need to prove they developed stress disorder while in a war zone, but would not need to demonstrate that it occurred during enemy combat.
Oversight
Transportation chief thinks stimulus spending has been up to speed
Ray LaHood says his department has been approving stimulus money twice as fast as normal programs.
Defense
Air Force chief is wary of pilotless bomber
Pentagon needs to think seriously about having an unmanned aircraft carrying nuclear weapons, says Gen. Norton Schwartz.
Oversight
Lawmakers concerned over gaps in future NASA budgets
The proposed fiscal 2010 budget would give agency a 5 percent boost over current funding, but projects no real increase through 2014.
Defense
Boost in Army personnel strength not needed, official says
General tells lawmakers he does not want a permanent increase in authorized personnel given the cost.
Defense
Commandant says Marines will field their own gunships
Service is looking for ways to give units more fire support and mobility.
Defense
Navy, Marine request sparks skepticism in House
Lawmakers question the plan to relocate 8,000 Marines from bases in Japan and challenge the fund request for research on shipbuilding programs whose future is in doubt.
Defense
Appropriations panel approves fiscal 2009 war supplemental
Most of the money would support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but some is aimed at combating swine flu.
Defense
Pentagon reconsiders pricey Guam move
Marine Corps commandant says estimated $4 billion is "way short" of actual cost.
Defense
Admiral and CBO analyst part waters over Navy budget outlook
Analyst says shipbuilding program will cost $12 billion to $14 billion more than it is likely to receive.
News
Locke navigates Senate anger over Census and satellites
Commerce secretary says he has the resources to complete the census on time.
Defense
Coast Guard modernization program still faces challenges
Official says that large cutters are in poor condition and will need repair.
Defense
Senior official calls DDG-1000 destroyer deal good for taxpayers
Previous plan to split construction of three DDG-1000s between two shipyards would have been "horribly inefficient," Defense acquisition chief says.
Oversight
VA secretary vows action on benefits backlog
Eric Shinseki told the American Legion that he's taken on the issue of the claims backlog, but conceded he does not understand the problem.
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