Counting the Phantom Bomber fleet Air Force leaders continue to work toward reducing its planned nuclear heavy bomber fleet to 60 to meet the 2018 deadline...
General Dynamics gets $4 billion underwater boost Electric Boat division provides General Dynamics a financial cushion ahead of the coming defense cuts.
Pentagon authorizes hiring freezes, furlough plans Defense Secretary Leon Panetta realizes he will have only a short time to find $52 billion worth of savings in the Pentagon's...
AF Ospreys headed to Japan, or not The Pentagon quickly corrected Air Force Secretary Michael Donley who said Air Force Ospreys were headed to Japan.
Navy struggles to meet demands Vice Adm. Thomas Copeman gave a blunt assessment Tuesday of the Navy surface fleet’s state of readiness in the face of budget...
Navy to see shrinking budgets but no shortage of crises Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command describes the challenges facing the Navy beyond sequestration and the budget cuts.
State Department supports foreign military sales growth Key State Department leader explains his support of the growth of foreign military sales to aid the defense industry and U.S...
DoD civilian furloughs expected to start in April Deputy Defense Secretary says civilian employees will likely have to take one unpaid furlough day per week starting in April.
Pentagon: Crimped line caused F-35B grounding Pratt & Whitney spokesman says the Marines' version of the F-35 should be flying again soon.
CNO Starts Budget Chicken Game Is this just the same drill that has gone on in years past, or is this year different because of the fiscal crisis?
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...
