Changing of the guard for Marine helos The Marines are finally phasing out some of their oldest, Vietnam-era heavy lift helicopters.
SASC warns about fake electronic components Senate lawmakers warned that thousands of fake Chinese-made components could be putting U.S. troops in danger.
The 'tax dodgers' of the defense industry US defense giants pay about half the corporate tax rate, a report finds. Some pay no taxes at all.
The Navy's LCS missile woes The service must field an underwhelming stop-gap while it tries to find or develop a better permanent weapon for its new...
The defense "jobs" conundrum A columnist agrees that DoD's budget creates jobs, but argues that so does lots of other federal spending.
NATO's Libya intervention ends Monday With a dictator dead and his former subjects "safe" -- for now -- the air war comes to a close.
NASA's high hopes for the commercial space game Boeing announced Monday it's moving into NASA's old space shuttle digs to work on its new spacecraft.
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...
