Pentagon

A key lawmaker believes the Defense Department can reduce its current 15-to-20 year procurement process to three-to-five years by the time the current House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chairman leaves […]

As airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIL) intensify, President Barack Obama reiterated his strategy to combat the brutal extremist group by training local forces to fight […]

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Monday announced the shuffling of several senior civilian Pentagon officials ahead of Army Secretary John McHugh leaving office before November.  Eric Fanning, who has […]

Vencore, Inc. was awarded an $11.8 million contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) through its applied research organization, Vencore Labs, to bolster the resiliency and reliability […]

The Defense Department on July 1 released a new national military strategy that implores defense contractors to embrace innovation in a world where its own technological edge is eroding, but […]

Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, the current head of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command (COMMARFORCOM), has been tapped to become the Marine Corps’ top general. If confirmed by the Senate, Neller […]

The Defense Department may have its most leverage to purchase additional Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines since Congress banned future use of engine, following Sunday’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon […]

If existing nuclear forces are not modernized, the U.S. will lose its existing deterrent capabilities in the 2020s and 2030s, the Pentagon’s No. 2 official said Thursday.  “The choice that […]

A key lawmaker said Wednesday he’s concerned that the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is restricting the role of the Pentagon’s internal think tank, the Office of Net […]

The U.S. advantage in precision strike is waning and simply using more current generation precision guided munitions (PGM) to offset an enemy’s countermeasures could be a very costly proposition, the […]