Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley threw in a new argument for decreasing the size of forward-deployed headquarters units last week, saying their electromagnetic signature makes them vulnerable to attack.
Despite schedule delays documented in a recent report to lawmakers, the Army believes the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle will be available for soldiers and Marines years earlier than initially planned.
The Navy is extending production of Orbital ATK's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile kits from fiscal year 2020 to FY-23, increasing the procurement quantity by nearly 30 percent as part of the president's 2017 budget submission, according to the latest selected acquisition report on the program.
The Pentagon's once-secretive innovation shop charged with gaining back conventional combat advantages against potential near-peer adversaries such as China and Russia provided the most complete public accounting of its work during a congressional hearing Tuesday.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) has unveiled a sweeping space policy bill that calls for greater integration of commercial capabilities in military satellite programs and for increased resiliency on future constellations.
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement Tuesday "reaffirming the importance of preserving competition in the defense industry," months after Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, announced he was seeking greater government authority to review proposed mergers and acquisition activity in the defense sector.
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement Tuesday "reaffirming the importance of preserving competition in the defense industry," months after Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's acquisition chief, announced he was seeking greater government authority to review proposed mergers and acquisition activity in the defense sector.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has cast a wide net across industry for its Gremlins concept, leveraging expertise from both munitions and unmanned aerial systems for its latest venture into unmanned, swarming vehicles.
The Air Force has incurred $15.4 million in additional costs from Lockheed Martin after construction challenges at the first Space Fence site caused some schedule delays and additional work for the contractor.
A first-of-its-kind statutory audit of major weapon programs has turned up no cost growth in 2015, which means the Office of the Secretary of Defense will not be imposing a penalty tax on any of the military services as required by law.
The head of the Government Accountability Office told lawmakers Wednesday the Defense Department remains "the main obstacle" responsible for the U.S. government's inability to pass an audit and asked Congress for help in holding DOD accountable.
It is all but inevitable Congress will be unable to return to regular order this year because of an internal GOP fight over spending, putting the federal government on course for another stop-gap spending measure known as a continuing resolution and, potentially, another shutdown, according to former Republican defense committee staffers.
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