Defense
Army weighs options for scaling back combat systems upgrade
Long-term program, now valued at between $160 billion and $200 billion, is one of the service’s most expensive technological efforts.
Defense
Lawmaker secures funds to upgrade ship Navy doesn't want
Service worries millions added to authorization bill for the catamaran will waste limited resources.
Defense
House defense appropriators fatten National Guard coffers
Subcommittee cuts Army's Future Combat Systems, an ambitious program valued at between $160 billion and $200 billion.
Defense
Panel says Pentagon must improve relations with states
Governors have been kept out of the loop on Guard equipment and personnel issues, independent commission finds in preliminary report.
Defense
Army brass defies a costly trend by cutting London trip
Canceling travel is one of many penny-pinching moves the service plans to take until emergency spending bill is enacted.
Defense
Lacking needed funds, Army begins to cut back spending
If supplemental spending bill isn't finished by early July, promotions could be postponed and recruitment efforts suspended.
Defense
Slowdown in Defense spending could rein in procurements
Last month, department reported that 25 major programs had surpassed original cost estimates by 50 percent.
Defense
Troubled satellite program has more delays, higher costs
Air Force program is more than three years behind schedule and will cost $500 million more than originally estimated, GAO says.
Defense
Lawmaker renews calls to build fence guarding border
Fence proposed by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., would stretch 392 miles through the desert, from California to Arizona.
Defense
Pentagon faulted for decision to cancel fighter's alternate engine
Decision focused on short-term savings from halting the program and failed to consider the long-term benefits of competition, GAO says.
Defense
House vote slows Air Force bid to retire aging aircraft
Armed Services panel chairman says plan to use money from retirements for upgrades and new purchases is too risky.
Defense
Measure seeks penalties for contract cost overruns
Language in House defense bill would let the Pentagon reopen programs significantly exceeding cost goals to competition.
Defense
Rumsfeld presses for resolution of impasse on supplemental funding
Neither the White House nor House leaders want the final price tag to exceed $94.5 billion.
Defense
State control of troops essential, state Guard leaders say
Bush administration tried -- and failed -- to federalize National Guard units deployed to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina last year.
Defense
House might offer help with contractor security clearances
Defense Security Service late last month stopped advancing clearance applications for financial reasons.
Defense
Navy shipbuilder defends subsidy for post-Katrina repairs
Failure to approve the money could delay ship production and drive up costs by as much as $500 million, company argues.
Defense
Senate panel approves $517.7 billion defense bill
Committee overturns Pentagon plans for TRICARE fee hike, but unlike House, sticks to 2.2 percent pay raise requested by Bush.
Defense
House panel OKs tougher steps to control weapons costs
Committee’s version of defense authorization bill also includes a 2.7 percent across-the-board pay raise for the military.
Defense
Senate considers allowing Navy to retire aircraft carrier
Move would decrease costs and reduce carrier fleet to 11 ships, a level deemed adequate in the Quadrennial Defense Review.
Defense
Army secretary defends program to upgrade combat systems
The program continues to perform and major funding cuts would cause delays, secretary says.
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