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General Electric chastises Gates over Senate F-35 testimony
Top company official says remarks by Pentagon chief over alternate engine contradicted assessments the department gave GE.
Defense
House Democrats looking to expedite work on supplemental
Sending the bill to the floor without a markup is a likely scenario for speeding along the war funding.
Defense
Gates: Defense needs supplemental by July 4
Pentagon chief says military would have to begin curtailing defense operations if Congress does not pass bill by deadline.
Defense
House could take up Senate supplemental
Majority leader says chamber might bypass a House Appropriations Committee markup of the spending measure and consider the Senate-approved bill.
Defense
Lawmaker explores Pentagon savings ideas
Review by House Armed Services chairman would complement a five-year effort within the Pentagon to find more than $100 billion in cost savings.
Defense
Boeing finds foreign partner for chopper bid
U.S. aerospace giant will team up with Italian aircraft maker for competition to build presidential helicopters.
Defense
Pentagon maps out $100 billion cost savings plan
Cuts are part of a broader effort to curb federal spending.
Oversight
House takes up F-35 bill
The Pentagon adamantly opposes the alternate engine program and the White House has threatened a veto over it.
Defense
House supplemental includes $500 million for border security
Measure sets aside money to hire 1,200 new agents along the Southwest border and up to 500 new officers to reduce shortages in inspectors.
Defense
F-35 engine battle revs up
Defense secretary makes final appeal to lawmakers to cancel unwanted engine program, while GE head circulates letter of support for the F-35.
Defense
Panel fattens Navy order for F/A-18 fighter jets
Addition is part of the $760 billion defense policy bill expected on the House floor next week.
Defense
Panel restores $112 million to Army budget
Money will go to technologies the service is salvaging from the canceled Future Combat Systems program.
Defense
Defiant panels approve $485 million for F-35 alternate engine
Defense chief contends any savings from increased competition are not worth the upfront costs of developing and buying two engines for the fighter.
Defense
Defense opts for multiyear F/A-18 deal
Officials say purchase would save 10 percent over a traditional contract.
Defense
House panel poised to cut nearly $1B in Army programs
Program that includes small unmanned air and ground vehicles is emerging as one of the biggest targets for cuts in the fiscal 2011 defense authorization bill.
Defense
Panels OK special ops, cybersecurity funds
Other approved funds included $168 billion for the military's operations and maintenance accounts.
Defense
House panel boosts military pay raise
Increase of half a percentage point over administration request comes just days after Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked Congress to hold the line on raises.
Defense
Gates seeks cuts in Defense bureaucracy to fund weapons systems
Pentagon chief announces he'll seek to cut roughly $10 billion in overhead costs to fund 3 percent real growth in modernization budget.
Defense
Gates to Army: Speed up ground combat vehicle program
Pentagon chief wants to shave some time off the seven-year plan to develop and buy the vehicle.
Defense