Congress

Congress’ government watchdog office and the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) are at odds over how to structure the jet’s Block 4 modernization effort. In a March 23 hearing, […]

F-35 software instability in both blocks 3i and 3f causes certain aircraft sensors, including the radar, to shut down for minutes at a time before fully recovering, according to a […]

The Defense Department inspector general (DoD IG) opened an investigation Tuesday regarding allegations made by former United Launch Alliance (ULA) vice president of engineering Brett Tobey, Defense Daily has learned. […]

The Border Patrol earlier this month told Congress that its new fixed surveillance tower deployment in a portion of Arizona meets its operational requirements, a milestone that permits Customs and […]

Customers of the insurance brokering and risk management firm Marsh, LLC, are increasingly buying cyber insurance with most of the buyers being companies that aggregate personal data, a senior company […]

The chiefs of the Army and Air Force reserve components are asking Congress for an increased share of procurement budgets so they can modernize the equipment supplied to the services’ […]

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) on March 22 pressed the Defense Department’s top two officials to reveal the results of its Goldwater-Nichols review so that proposed changes […]

The military’s high demand for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is fueling a pilot shortfall and contributing to retention problems in the Air Force’s UAS enterprise, Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle, head […]

The Senate has been dragging its feet on confirming some Pentagon nominees—and in some cases lawmakers have blocked certain individuals from moving forward—but Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Friday downplayed […]

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) on March 17 called on Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to initiate an investigation into statements made by a United Launch Alliance executive […]