Pentagon

The Pentagon on Wednesday ordered Oshkosh [OSK] to cease work on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), pending a protest by losing competitor Lockheed Martin [LMT]. Oshkosh on Aug. 24 […]

The Pentagon’s planned shock tests of the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), could cause its first deployment to be delayed up to two years, a […]

The F-35 program will triple its aircraft production and fielding rate by 2019, which is giving Program Executive Officer (PEO) Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan pause, he said Wednesday. […]

Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has heard the criticism of a draft acquisition rule that would further define what constitutes a “commercial item,” and agrees that it needs to be […]

Less than two weeks after the Army and Marine Corps awarded Oshkosh Defense [OSK] a $6.7 billion low-rate initial production contract for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]

Italy’s first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) made its inaugural flight on Monday, marking the first time the jet has ever been flown outside of the United States. The plane—which […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) awarded government-wide Federal Supply Schedule Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) for identity monitoring and data breach response and protection services to three companies in response to […]

The former Pentagon comptroller who had the dubious honor of ushering the Defense Department’s finances through sequestration in fiscal year 2013 is warning that the nation’s security can ill afford […]

The Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer wants greater insight into future projects where contractors intend to spend internal develop money to drive down the eventual price of a product through a […]

In a budget reprogramming request to Congress, the Defense Department is seeking to set aside over $132 million to pay the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for its share of […]