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The Pentagon yesterday named a new deputy program executive officer for the Joint Strike Fighter, as a new team to oversee the most expensive weapons program in the building’s history […]

Top Pentagon contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday it will not send employees warnings about potential layoffs resulting from “sequestration” cuts to the defense budget, pointing to White House guidance […]

President Barack Obama hasn’t seen a draft executive order intended to improve the cybersecurity of critical private networks, the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said last Friday, […]

The European Union (EU) asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) yesterday for permission to slap the United States with $12 billion in annual trade sanctions because the organization found this […]

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said yesterday he’d “take whatever the hell deal” lawmakers can come up with to delay or prevent so-called sequestration budget cuts. The $500 billion in decade-long […]

The head of a House committee said he is not giving up on a bill intended to help the government and private sector share cyber-threat data, which he argues will […]

The temporary six-month budget the Pentagon will operate under starting Oct. 1 will cause serious problems, spurring officials to examine ways to work around its legal restrictions, the Pentagon’s top […]

The Senate confirmed Heidi Shyu to be the Army’s top weapons buyer after a senator stopped stalling a vote on her nomination because of concerns about a Russian arms firm. Shyu, […]

A group of defense-minded senators from both parties want Senate leaders to ensure lawmakers will be able to weigh any bipartisan proposals to stop so-called sequestration budget cuts before the […]

Field testing in August of two aerostats equipped with surveillance gear along Texas’ border with Mexico showed that the technology is “very effective” for border security applications, although Customs and […]