Report: It wasn't 'hollow growth' after all A study says forget what you've heard: The services did a great job modernizing their forces in the decade following the Sept...
Lockheed's tug of war with DoD Even though it can be a rocky relationship, the Pentagon and its largest contractor are tied together inextricably.
So far, F-35B performing at sea as advertised By all appearances, the Marines' super-jet is falling into a routine of takeoffs and landings, but there are still unanswered...
NATO ponders: When to end Libyan air war? The alliance is stuck between wanting to declare victory and worrying about the dangers of future bloodshed.
Sen urges DoD to tackle not just cuts, but waste A lawmaker has sent SecDef a list of the ways DoD today wastes money, along with urging him to tighten everything up.
UK vows to 'guarantee security' of Falklands, Gibraltar Britain's defence secretary lays down commitments for key pieces of real estate, but if the balloon went up, could he deliver...
Navy to forward deploy BMD ships in Spain The U.S. has agreed to base four Aegis warships close to the areas they'll patrol to protect Europe.
'It's no longer our army. It hasn't been for years.' After years of disconnection and disengagement, how can the armed services reconnect with the general public?
DoD's 'industrial capabilities' dilemma A new report makes clear that maintaining the defense industrial base could be beyond broad policies or overall strategies.
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...