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As the Coast Guard nears the end of its final rulemaking process for the deployment of biometric-enabled smart card readers to strengthen port security nationwide, a new government watchdog report […]

The Air Force defended its attempt to stop purchasing a variant of the Global Hawk drone before frustrated lawmakers Thursday. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) member Jim Moran (D-Va.) quizzed […]

The Army has “huge” worries about how the defense contractors on which it relies will fare if sequestration budget cuts persist, its top civilian said. Army Secretary John McHugh told […]

The Pentagon is looking to cut more funding from its headquarters, defense agencies, and combatant commands as it scours its budget for cost savings, its No. 2 official said. Deputy […]

China is not being as open as U.S. officials would like it to e about its continued advancements in weaponry such as jet fighters and aircraft carriers, according to the Pentagon. […]

A top intelligence official said the U.S. government needs to shift resources from traditional warfare systems to those that counter cyber attacks, but lamented the public and Congress may not […]

The State Department has fined Raytheon [RTN] $8 million for “hundreds” of violations of export control laws over the last decade and said the defense firm has shown a “corporate-wide […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will decide soon how many civilian employees will be forced to take unpaid leave because of “sequestration” budget cuts, and those furloughs could impact the military […]

A top analyst said as the Pentagon tries to thwart “sequestration” budget reductions it should “take a lesson” from how Congress rushed to make those cuts less onerous on the […]

Two congressional scrutinizers of defense spending want to know what Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is doing to reduce duplicative Pentagon programs.  Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) sent […]