http://www.ddn.com Defense Daily en-us 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:24:55 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Navy will have a new acquisition chief soon, because the Senate on Wednesday approved the nomination of congressional staffer Sean Stackley to the post. Stackley will assume his new duties as assistant secretary of the Navy for... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3421.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday acknowledged that it would seek to buy eight DDG-51s and cease any further acquisition of DDG-1000 beyond the two already planned. "The Department of the Navy has submitted the FY '10 POM (program objective memorandum)... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3427.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The lengthy $3 billion reprogramming request the Pentagon sent to Congress last week seeks to shift funding to cover 10 "new-start" efforts, including buying communications- relaying aircraft and developing gunships for use in... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3428.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Key lawmakers on defense panels said yesterday they were not sold on the Navy's new plan to stop the DDG-1000 destroyer program at the two ships already funded and build more of the older and cheaper DDG-51 combatants. Senate... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3410.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The chances of the Senate taking up the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill before Congress' August recess appear to be dimming, even though leading defense authorizers continue to seek support for a quick vote with restricted... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3398.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Geoff Fein Following a high-level meeting yesterday with top DoD leaders, the Navy is poised to notify Congress of its intention to build only two DDG-1000s and restart the DDG-51 production line, according to sources. For some time... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3404.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon sent a tardy $3 billion omnibus reprogramming request to Capitol Hill last Thursday, seeking overall to decrease Air Force and defense-wide accounts and bolster Army and Navy funding approved in recent years. It calls for... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3377.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Congressional staffer Sean Stackley may be cleared to become the Navy acquisition chief in the near future, because Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is expected to lift a hold he placed on the nominations of civilian Defense Department nominations... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3354.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker New technologies currently under development will compete beginning in April 2009 in an operational test and evaluation to see how well they performs in automatically collecting and detecting potentially harmful pathogens as well as... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3348.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford The House's lead defense appropriators are crafting language in the Pentagon's appropriations bill expressing frustration with allowing a $800 million expenditure for a new Air Force tanker competition, and said these considerations... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3351.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Monday notified Congress it will meet interim and final deadlines mandated by Congress for screening 100 percent of all air cargo before being loaded on passenger aircraft originating in... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3330.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford As questions swirl on Capitol Hill about whether the Navy will halt its nascent DDG-1000 destroyer program and build more of the older and cheaper DDG-51s, an outspoken DDG- 1000 backer in the Senate said she is concerned about jobs... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3333.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Calvin Biesecker The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees policy for parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday suggested that the agency responsible for developing radiological and nuclear detection technology should have the... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3334.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Senate leaders said yesterday they expect a defense appropriations bill to clear their chamber this year, though questions about the legislation's fate in the House lingered following the postponement of today's scheduled markup of the... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3316.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Dave Ahearn DAHLGREN, Va.--Congress is gaining enough confidence that Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) costs are stabilizing that lawmakers are ready to green-light further multiple LCS purchases, Rep. Robert Wittman (R-Va.), a member of the House Armed Services... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3292.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford White House rivals Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) continue to garner similar campaign donation totals from defense contractors, though neither appear to have strong financial support from the industry, newly... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3280.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT By Emelie Rutherford Saying there is movement within the Navy to halt the DDG-1000 destroyer program and continue building DDG-51s, a shipbuilding panel chairman has called Navy officials to Capitol Hill for a hearing to air both sides of the procurement... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3286.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT McCain Says Iranian Missile Salvo Proves Need For Construction Of European Missile Defense System; Obama Urges More Talks With Iran, Further Sanctions United States Will Protect Allies Such As Israel From Attack; Gates Says Iranian Missile Has 'Pretty... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3297.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Rep. Bartlett Urges Government To Counter EMP Danger EMP Would Bring Down Planes, Threaten Vehicles, Kill 90 Percent Of U.S. Population Within Year Of Attack U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems could be deployed to thwart or discourage a terrorist... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3301.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Project BioShield, the federal reserve fund created by Congress in 2004 to establish a $5.6 billion market for the development and production of drugs that could bioterror threats, has about $4.1 billion left to spend as of one year ago, according to a new... http://www.ddn.com/sectors/congress/3274.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT