Defense
-
The House Armed Services Committee's ranking member says previous reform efforts have told DoD to pay more attention to sustainment costs, but only for individual weapons systems.
April 03, 2020 -
For the United States to stay on top of the global arms race for artificial intelligence, a commission stood up by Congress recommends a two-fold path: collaborate with its closest allies, and double the amount of research spending proposed by the Trump administration.
April 03, 2020 -
The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing coronavirus outbreak has been fired
April 03, 2020 -
Thirty-five members of Congress are asking DoD to extend relief to military families.
April 02, 2020 -
More than 330,000 Army National Guard members can now use the IPPS-A system.
April 02, 2020 -
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences conferred degrees to more than 180 new medical professionals about six weeks early on Wednesday.
April 02, 2020 -
Resources exist to help feds during natural disasters, and they're mobilizing now to help out during the coronavirus.
April 02, 2020 -
U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak
April 02, 2020 -
The Defense Department wants to keep its future years defense plan secret.
April 01, 2020 -
Hard to believe as it might be, a central and critical software system of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter simply doesn't work. And that's making people who maintain and certify the readiness of the expensive jet a little crazy.
April 01, 2020 -
What scares a potential enemy more: Waves of fighter bombers or massed troops on the ground behind tanks? It's an important question with strategic and budget implications.
April 01, 2020 -
The Navy says it is now searching for appropriate places in Guam to house the 4,000 crewmembers of the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt. The change followed a letter from the ship's commanding officer warning the onboard isolation strategy was "ineffective."
March 31, 2020 -
Service members are feeling more financial pressure as the COVID-19 crisis continues.
March 31, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon’s inspector general will take the lead in trying to head off waste, fraud and abuse in the newly-passed coronavirus spending package.
March 31, 2020 -
Childcare is becoming an even bigger issue in the military as COVID-19 spreads.
March 30, 2020
