Battle lines may be forming between the House and the Senate over the future of commissaries. House appropriators on Tuesday restored $322 million that defense officials sought to cut from…
The Senate Appropriations Committee added $322 million in commissary funding back into its fiscal 2016 defense budget plan Thursday, with the panel's top Democrat describing the initial lowball funding total…
The debate over privatizing commissaries isn't quite over yet. The uncertainty stems from a bit of confusion over two seemingly contradictory provisions in the Senate's draft versio…
FORT LEE, Va. – The last phase of the Defense Commissary Agency’s in-store Wi-Fi rollout schedule begins Oct. 19 as the agency opens Internet access for patrons at its remaining…
Lawmakers have resisted many of the cost-saving reforms proposed by the Pentagon in recent years to cope with tight fiscal constraints, including its request to hold one or more rounds…
WASHINGTON — A plan by the US Air Force to partially retire the A-10 Warthog fleet appears to be dead on arrival, based on comments made by top Senate and House…
A congressional task force is being created to investigate whether U.S. Central Command, headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, manipulated intelligence. The chairmen of the House Permanent Select Committee on…
WASHINGTON — The sweeping $1.15 trillion spending bill unveiled early Wednesday by congressional leaders includes $572.7 billion for the Pentagon. Leadership and the heads of the appropri…
WASHINGTON — In a massive spending bill unveiled yesterday, Congress boosted funding for aircraft procurement, allowing the Pentagon to buy additional F-35 joint strike fighters and MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles.
TAMPA — A series of protests and lawsuits has bogged down a $1.5 billion U.S. Special Operations Command program designed to maximize competition and improve performance of contracts for a broad…