Pentagon

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 […]

A cornerstone of the Senate’s acquisition reform legislation—taking away acquisition responsibility from the Office of Secretary of Defense and placing it with the service chiefs—could end up compounding problems with […]

The Defense Department plans to work with the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence to bolster NATO counties cyber defenses, Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday. The department “will […]

The Defense Department and federal intelligence agencies are standing up a space operations center that will be functional in six months, the deputy defense secretary said today. “We’re going to […]

There is no deadline for the Defense Department to enact the national security waiver that would allow it to use additional RD-180s in the future, according to a top Air […]

Many service chiefs are frustrated with the acquisition system, telling the Government Accountability Office that the current process takes too long, results in cost overruns and often produces weapons that […]