Pentagon

For the first time since Better Buying Power was launched in 2010, spurring innovative new technology is one of the bedrocks of the strategy. Better Buying Power 3.0, the newest […]

The Pentagon rolled out its Better Buying Power 3.0 implementation guidelines April 9. Like previous iterations, BBP 3.0 stresses affordability, but it also adds an emphasis on innovation. The military’s […]

The United States is on the “wrong side” of the ballistic missile defense (BMD) cost curve because it shoots down inexpensive rockets with very expensive ones, according to a key […]

Days after a scathing report deemed the Sea-based X-band radar a flop, the deputy director of the Missile Defense Agency came to the defense of the platform on April 7, […]

The head of the Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) wants the Defense Department’s information technology (IT) effort called Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS) categorized as a weapon system. DISA Director […]

Israel and the United States have carried out testing of a rocket intercept system known as David’s Sling that is being jointly developed by the two countries. The Israel Missile […]

The Defense Department and Pratt & Whitney are still pursuing a long-term solution to the F135 problem that lead to an engine fire and a temporary grounding of the F-35 […]

Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Tuesday underscored the importance of “stable, predictable funding” in sustaining the nuclear triad, as Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer […]

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), plans to unveil legislation this week aimed at reforming the Pentagon’s acquisition system in part to make it […]

The impact of a return of sequestration on the services would likely prove to have the biggest effect on special operation forces (SOF), not cuts to its own programs, officials […]