Defense
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Senate lawmakers let a third set of amendments to be added to the Defense Authorization bill, including the Modernizing Government Technology Act.
September 19, 2017 -
An interim policy released by the Defense Department keeps transgender troops in the military until a review is finished in February. Then it's up in the air.
September 18, 2017 -
Navy historians plan to survey the wreck of the USS San Diego, which sank in 1918. They hope to resolve the question of whether it was torpedoed by a German submarine.
September 18, 2017 -
Military planners are hard at work on what they say are badly needed upgrades to the nation's aging nuclear arsenal.
September 15, 2017 -
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency says the idea is far from final, but is exploring the idea of trading decades' worth of its data to commercial firms in exchange for help with artificial intelligence and advanced computing algorithms.
September 15, 2017 -
House Armed Services Ranking Member Adam Smith doesn't see a way Congress can appropriate $700 billion to the military.
September 14, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a Government Accountability Office report says the Navy's shipyards are in such bad shape they can no longer meet the service's operational needs.
September 14, 2017 -
The Army is just a few weeks into what’s likely to be one of the largest tactical IT upgrades in its recent history.
September 14, 2017 -
The Defense Department is asking Congress to make fundamental changes to the up or out system.
September 13, 2017 -
The Warrior Transition Battalion at Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington State has added diving with sharks to its list of coping skills to teach wounded soldiers
September 13, 2017 -
The U.S. Army is making plans to complete an upgrade project in two years that was estimated to take five, according to Col. Troy Crosby
September 13, 2017 -
Amendment set for Senate debate this week would focus DoD's attention on fixing weaknesses in "feeder systems" that supply vital financial data.
September 13, 2017 -
Veterans made up slightly more of the federal workforce in fiscal 2016 compared to previous years, but agencies overall hired fewer new veterans to fill government jobs.
September 12, 2017 -
New members who enter military service on or after Jan. 1, 2018 will get automatically enrolled into the new blended retirement system. Previously enlisted service members can choose to opt in to the new system.
September 12, 2017 -
Defense Secretary James Mattis sent a letter to Congress outlining exactly what a three month continuing resolution does to the military.
September 12, 2017
