'The status quo is unacceptable' Gen. Martin Dempsey, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged to lawmakers that DoD needs to reform its...
Aussies losing patience on F-35? Australia's defense minister says the F-35 has almost used up the cost and schedule margins that officials built into the...
The Navy's force-multiplying systems of systems The Navy is experimenting with its latest networked suite of intel, communications and sensors, which it hopes will give...
DoD launches dedicated cyber-strategy website The Pentagon wants to get all its cyber-matters into one convenient place online, but its focus still is exclusively on...
The protests you aren't seeing A new report finds the antiwar movement has mostly disappeared from the nation's mainstream newspapers and TV broadcasts...
U.S. wasted $34B on Iraq, Afghan contracts, commission finds A forthcoming study details the waste of billions of dollars on wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and predicts...
HASC chair decries $866B defense cuts of 'Gang of 6' The "Gang of Six" proposal calls for deep cuts to defense spending over the next 10 years, and the HASC chairman isn't happy.
Could the Navy opt for a mini-boomer? The brass wants the brand-new SSBN(X) it's been yearning for, but some still want to adapt an existing submarine design...
AF: We can't lower alt-fuel costs on our own The Air Force and the other services are excited about the possibilities of alternative fuel, but a top official says it'll...
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...
