Navy to Trump Team: Fund Maintenance Before Buying New Ships Maintenance backlogs and deferments that sideline operations ships and keep sailors from deploying are creating a crisis.
Lockheed Martin Wants to Put Missile Launchers on Amphibious Ships Lockheed Martin has a plan to put elements of its missile defense system on a new class of ship.
LCS Minehunting Package Near Completion The first littoral combat ships are set to deploy with mine countermeasures packages by the end of the decade.
Navy Acquisition Chief: Surge to 355 Ships 'Easily Done' Building the fleet from its current 274 ships to 355 would be straightforward, the service's head of acquisition said.
New Army Secretary Pledges to Make Soldiers His Top Priority On a day filled with ceremonial precision, Mark Esper -- a former paratrooper and combat vet -- became the 23rd secretary of...
Trump Nominates Two in Reshuffle of Weapons Buying Process President Trump moved to speed up the bureaucratic reshuffle in how the Pentagon buys and develops weapons.
Sound Off: Should the Air Force Allow Enlisted Pilots? While the service is not expanding enlisted pilot opportunities into manned aircraft at this time, it could be a possibility.
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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...