Lockheed: F-35B is ready for sea. Is the ship? Company officials are confident their super-jet can operate at sea. What no one knows is how warships will respond.
SecAF: Like it or not, new Air Force One on horizon Secretary Donley said the need to replace the president's iconic airplanes is right around the corner.
AF: F-22s authorized to fly again The Air Force doesn't have a permanent fix for the Raptors' technical woes, but the jets are returning to service.
The X-37's uncertain fate The Air Force's space boss said he'd be open to a discussion on the future of its ultra-secret space plane.
Has budget-cutting 'hysteria' reached its peak? 10 percent unemployment, a draft, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria -- will defense advocates' budget warnings...
A warning to Pakistan SecDef and the Joint Chiefs chairman made clear to Senate lawmakers that Pakistan is running out of time to curtail cross...
America's hidden industrial 'surge' weakness A new report observes that if an emergency forced the U.S. to step up a major defense industrial effort, it might fall well...
Study: Yes, a strategy could save the defense biz A new study argues the U.S. can preserve key aspects of its defense base despite lean budgets, but whether it will is a whole...
Can an 'industrial strategy' save the defense biz? An industry advocate argues that DoD needs a formal plan in order to keep alive key aspects of the defense industry.
Can the Afghan army endure? With the U.S. on the glide slope to escape Afghanistan, skeptics are wondering how Kabul will sustain its armed forces.
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...