After Trump Comments, Air Force Punts Again on Space Force Trump's idea of a Space Force has lawmakers once again asking the U.S. Air Force if a separate space unit is feasible.
Marines: Competing for New Infantry Rifle Would Have Cost Millions By choosing the already-fielded Heckler & Koch M27, the service saved up to $24 million, top leaders told Congress.
Pentagon: No Funding Yet for Trump's Big Military Parade No funding for a parade was allocated in either the Fiscal Year 2018 or 2019 Defense Department budgets.
Army Requests FY19 Money for New Compact Sniper Rifle The U.S. Army may finally get some money to pay for that Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System it selected in 2016.
Air Force Wants to Invest Heavily in Next-Gen Technologies The service asked for $504M for its next-gen air dominance research, development, test and evaluation program.
Military’s New Problem: Too Much Money, Not Enough Time to Spend It Under current rules, money not spent by government agencies before the end of the fiscal year goes back to the Treasury.
Army Defends Shortchanging Future Modernization in 2019 Budget The Army plans to spend most of its fiscal 2019 modernization dollars on legacy systems.
America's Anti-War, Pro-Soldier Congressman Resurrects Idea of War Tax A dedicated "war tax" would draw attention to military spending and force Americans to confront defense costs.
Op-Ed: Do Government Shutdowns Impact National Security? The potential physical threat to the country is not increased due to a government shutdown, regardless of the cause.
Everything You Need to Know About Trump's 2019 Budget Request President Trump released his budget request for fiscal 2019, marking the first step in a months-long process.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...