Dan Grazier

FILE - An F-35 fighter jet arrives at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vt., Sept. 19, 2019. The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, suspended talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made F-35 planes, armed drones and other equipment, in a rare dispute between Washington and a key U.S. ally in the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

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

The F-35 has become synonymous with all of the problems the 21st century Pentagon deals with. For fiscal 2023, the topline budget calls for buying only…

Defense

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Analysts: Navy bribery trial to expose pervasive problem

Navy

New jets, same old mistakes in Air Force purchasing

Air Force

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

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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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

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

Defense

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

Defense

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

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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)

Are planes more intimidating than troops or vice versa?

Defense

Pentagon announces agreement with Lockheed Martin for hi-tech planes

Federal Drive

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

Congressional Budget Office offers ‘bold’ options to cut defense spending

Defense

Marine vet questions reasoning behind boosted military spending

Military leaders worry the nation is losing it’s competitive military advantage. The Commission on National Defense Strategy has called for a boost in…

Federal Drive

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)

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

President Donald Trump has called for the creation of a space force as a separate military service, but there hasn’t been a new military service since 1947.

Reporter's Notebook

Dan Grazier: Survey of maintenance contract requirements reveals surprising facts

Federal Drive

The more complicated a military weapon platform becomes, the more expensive it is to maintain, and nearly every platform is growing more complicated.