http://www.defensedaily.com Defense Daily en-us 2009 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 5:20:01 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Senate debate on whether to keep funding in the Pentagon policy bill for aircraft efforts opposed by the Obama administration could start as soon as this week. While the multi-day debate of the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7423.html Wed, 8 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford An official overseeing the purchase of new all-terrain mine-resistant trucks said yesterday he is "pretty confident" Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] will build all 5,244 planned vehicles over the next nine months without enlisting... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7367.html Thu, 2 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Oshkosh Corp. [OSK] beat four competitors for the first order for new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs) designed for Afghanistan's terrain, though the Pentagon still plans to buy thousands more. The Oshkosh... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7357.html Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT The Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) has issued two Requests for Proposals (RFP) for two contract vehicles worth a potential $485 million combined that would permit various work done in the chemical, biological, radiological... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7360.html Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is expected to order as soon as today thousands of a new off-road variety of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) for troops in Afghanistan. Congressional, military, and industry sources said they expect just... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7340.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The House and a Senate panel defied the White House yesterday and authorized adding money to the Pentagon's policy bill for F-22 fighter jets and a second engine program for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Yet the future of the two... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7303.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Senate in a 91-5 vote last night granted final approval to a $106 billion supplemental war-funding bill that adds funding for cargo planes and armored vehicles to the Pentagon's request. President Obama is expected to sign the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7210.html Fri, 19 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) marked up the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill yesterday, spending most of the daylight hours debating unsuccessful Republican attempts to restore missile-defense funding the Obama... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7186.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford House authorization panels recommended last Friday changing cost controls for Navy littoral ships, prodding the service to enter into multiyear contracts, and adding monies to the Pentagon's budget proposal to continue the Joint Strike... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7134.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The head of a naval subcommittee in Congress said that while he understands the frustration of Republicans who want to compel the Pentagon to produce a shipbuilding plan, his panel is ready to propose its own ship rundown tomorrow. The... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7115.html Thu, 11 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The lead Republican on a House panel preparing to craft its version of the defense budget voiced concern yesterday about the Pentagon's proposed changes to the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program, yet predicted few changes to the... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7087.html Tue, 9 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Though House-Senate negotiations on the supplemental war-funding bill have slowed, the two sides have agreed to including funding for eight C-17 cargo planes and some but not all of the C-130J transport aircraft and Stryker vehicles... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7048.html Fri, 5 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) is emerging as a frontrunner to take over the spot of House Armed Services Committee (HASC) ranking member from John McHugh (R-N.Y.), whom President Obama said yesterday he will nominate to be the Army... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/7014.html Wed, 3 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Army's top officer pledged yesterday to fight requirements growth with its morphing manned-ground-vehicle program, as a senior lawmaker warned money will not be available to absorb cost overruns like Future Combat Systems (FCS) has... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/6862.html Wed, 20 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Senate appropriators approved yesterday a supplement war-funding bill lacking weapon-system add-ons for C-17 cargo aircraft and Stryker vehicles in the version the House passed yesterday, likely leaving the fate of the plus-ups to... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/6831.html Fri, 15 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The supplemental war-funding bill the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) plans to mark up today will not include C-17 cargo aircraft yet may fund Stryker ambulances not requested by the Obama administration, the panel's chairman... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/6811.html Thu, 14 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Army plans to replace the canceled manned-ground-vehicle portion of its modernization program in five to seven years with new vehicles based on existing technologies, service leaders said yesterday on Capitol Hill. Defense... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/6805.html Wed, 13 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved yesterday a supplemental war-spending bill after shifting funding from Army radios to Navy aircraft and adding language encouraging a multi-year contract for naval jet fighters. And while... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/6725.html Fri, 8 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford House appropriators want to bolster war funding in the White House's supplemental spending request by $4.7 billion, with much of the increase covering C-17 and C-130 cargo aircraft and mine- resistant vehicles. The proposed... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/6682.html Tue, 5 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford House defense appropriators yesterday polished their proposed war supplemental funding bill--which calls for adding weapon programs yet not a dual-buy Air Force tanker plan to the White House's request--as the defense secretary asked... http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/army/6628.html Fri, 1 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT