Air Force Seeks Jets Beyond C-17 and Even JSF Well before the F-35 has flown one combat mission, the Air Force is already talking about the fighter that will succeed it.
Entrepreneurs Offer Alternatives for Lean Budgets Recent budget cuts have forced Defense Department and Defense Intelligence Agency officials into a bind when working with...
F-35 Grounding Dims Hopes for International Debut The grounding of the F-35 fighter jet on the eve of its international debut has turned into a public-relations nightmare.
Boeing Pushes P-8 Poseidon Sales Abroad Boeing Co. is pressing for international sales of the P-8 Poseidon, a maritime patrol aircraft that recently completed its...
Putin’s Biggest Arms Firm Gets Slide on Sanctions The U.S. Treasury Department gave a pass to a Russian arms exporter that owns a controversial $554 million contract with the...
Pentagon Tells Congress to Stop Buying Equipment it Doesn't Need Lawmakers want the U.S. military's service chiefs to have more power to prevent the Pentagon from buying weapons it doesn't...
Army Begins MHS Competition to Find New Pistol and Ammo Supplier The service launched its competition to replace the M9 by offering gun makers the chance to supply a new Modular Handgun...
Pope Francis Calls on Congress to Promote Peace and End the Arms Trade In a speech before a joint meeting of Congress, Pope Francis called on lawmakers to promote peace and stop selling weapons...
US Needs Up to 200 New Bombers, Former Strategic Plans Chief Says The U.S. needs a new long-range bomber fleet of between 150 and 200 planes, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Moeller told...
Spending Deal Includes Funding for 1.3% Troop Pay Raise, More Weapons U.S. lawmakers early Wednesday agreed to a $1.1 trillion spending deal for the fiscal year that includes funding for a 1.3...
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...
