Pentagon

The Defense Department’s Rapid Reaction Technology (RRTO) Innovation Outreach Program is planning to conduct a solutions meeting to allow selected companies focusing on various cyber technologies to make short technical […]

Over the past year, the Defense Department has been able to drive down procurement and operations and sustainment costs of the F-35 joint strike fighter, but a decision to extend […]

The Defense Department is closing in on a deal with prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the next two batches of joint strike fighters, according to the F-35 Joint Program […]

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, […]

A top State Department official hopes to talk with China about the technical limitations of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in light of discussions to possibly put […]

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 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 […]

The Pentagon later this month will unveil preliminary findings of an ongoing review of its organizational structure, including the effects of the Goldwater-Nichols Act, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday. […]

If the Navy is permitted to fund its ballistic missile submarine through a special fund, lawmakers should consider a similar mechanism for modernizing the Air Force’s legs of the nuclear […]