GE, Rolls announce end to engine development The companies say they're giving up on their bid to pay themselves to build a second F-35 engine.
Alaska appeals for icebreakers A state leader says the Coast Guard must catch up in its response to the melting Arctic
The next big showdowns Many different combatants are plotting and planning the next phases of the defense budget war.
Senators moving on DoD counterfeit parts law The Armed Services Committee's leaders are raring to add new laws cracking down on fakes.
Moving alternative energy forward DoD says alternative fuel is promising -- but it's expensive. How well can it survive the big crunch?
Brace for heavy weather The president and SecDef oppose sequestration, but they say it's the only way to get Congress to act.
Doomsday is nigh Washington's debt farce shifts into the next phase of the melodrama, though no one knows the ending.
Obama's Pacific commitment The president says U.S. defense cuts will not -- "repeat, will not" -- reduce its presence in the Pacific.
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...