Thursday, April 17, 2025
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) today accused the Pentagon of stonewalling his request for documents about the V-22 Osprey and vented his displeasure by abruptly ending a hearing after mere minutes, telling a three-star Marine Corps general to return in two weeks.
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates testified yesterday before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, he suggested the troubled, terminated VH-71 presidential helicopter might be succeeded by two different types of aircraft -- one helicopter to fly the president short distances and another, more-robust “escape” aircraft for use in an emergency.
The final version of the Navy's fiscal year 2010 unfunded requirements list, sent to Congress this week after being reviewed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, contains $395 million for aviation and ship depot maintenance but omits mention of $462 million that had been sought to repair aging P-3C Orion aircraft.
President Obama has announced plans to nominate J. Michael Gilmore to be the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation.
The Senate Armed Services Committee says the Senate voted last night to confirm the following nominations.
Remember the Marine Corps’ new Harvest Hawk gunship program, which we told you about in March?
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen said today he does not know of any U.S. aid to Pakistan that has been improperly diverted to advance the Pakistani nuclear weapons program.
As the Quadrennial Defense Review debates the need for various costly weapons, key military personnel programs must not become budgetary sacrificial lambs, the military's top officer warned today.
Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway today tried to recast the Pentagon's debate about the need for amphibious forces by touting their role in soft-power missions like security cooperation and theater engagement.
Although it is eying a potential alternative, the Marine Corps is not pulling out of a joint effort to develop an off-road version of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway said today.
Bell Helicopter Textron announced tonight that its earned value management system had been approved, ending the company's three-year struggle to regain its revoked certification. The announcement signals progress in Bell's efforts to control cost and schedule problems in its programs.
This morning, the Senate Armed Services Committee established a quorum and voted to favorably report out the following nominations.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates just told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he will meet with the service chiefs tomorrow about their unfunded requirements lists and plans to provide them to Congress by Monday.
A bit of dogfighting ensued this morning between F-22 Raptor proponent Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
The Pentagon's top military officer acknowledged today that Pakistan is expanding its nuclear weapons program, a point that caused Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) to voice great concern.
This week, some Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee wrote to Defense Secretary Robert Gates complaining that the nondisclosure agreements he made military officials sign for the fiscal year 2010 budget process might create a climate of fear among those called to testify about the budget.
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance are on the mind of Defense Secretary Robert Gates as he visits Afghanistan today.
The Defense Department is continuing to avoid funding the alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter -- despite Congress' repeated demands that DOD fund the effort -- but DOD Comptroller Robert Hale said today the Pentagon might one day accept Capitol Hill's point of view.
Yesterday, we reported Defense Secretary Robert Gates had shaken up the budget ritual that lets the service chiefs present Congress with wish lists.