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FILE - The United States Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Vermont is christened at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., Oct. 20, 2018. A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines. Elaine Marie Thomas, 67, of Auburn, Wash., was the director of metallurgy at a foundry in Tacoma that supplied steel castings used by Navy contractors Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding to make submarine hulls. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP, File)
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Navy

Why the US should consider a completely different military strategy to deal with China

The Navy's carriers and submarines might be the most technically sophisticated in the world. But they're also the most expensive.

Air Force

Is the Air Force abandoning its close air support mission?

Defense

US military planners might be viewing China in the wrong light

Defense

For fiscal 2023, the Pentagon's troubled relationship with a troubled airplane flies on

Navy

Analysts: Navy bribery trial to expose pervasive problem

Air Force

New jets, same old mistakes in Air Force purchasing

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Most of industry's R&D spending doesn't match DoD's priorities, report says

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, file photo, an F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah. Shares of Lockheed Martin fell Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, as President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that making F-35 fighter planes is too costly and that he will cut "billions" in costs for military purchases. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Defense

Lockheed will not commit to paying back extra labor costs for F-35

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Defense

Could the Pentagon be putting more money towards its health system?

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DoD Reporter's Notebook

Pentagon outlines criteria to pick new HQ for U.S. Space Command

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, A U.S. Air Force plane, background, lands at Ain al-Asad air base, in Anbar, Iraq. The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition forces in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials said. The move comes amid a crisis of mistrust tainting U.S.-Iraq ties after an American strike killed a top Iranian general and Iraqi militia commander. (AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra, File)
Defense

Are planes more intimidating than troops or vice versa?

Air Force
Federal Drive

Pentagon announces agreement with Lockheed Martin for hi-tech planes

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All News

F-35s still testing far below targeted mission-capable rate

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Defense

Congressional Budget Office offers 'bold' options to cut defense spending

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Federal Drive

Marine vet questions reasoning behind boosted military spending

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry supplies to the International Space Station stands ready at complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday morning and for the first time, NASA cameras will provide live 360-degree video of the rocket heading toward space. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Reporter's Notebook

Fights, budgeting and planning are all ahead if DoD wants to set up a space force by 2020

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Federal Drive

Dan Grazier: Survey of maintenance contract requirements reveals surprising facts

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Reporter's Notebook

What's in store for personnel and readiness in 2018?