'Micro' Drones, 'Arsenal' Plane, Railguns Funded in New Defense Budget An "arsenal plane," swarming "microdrones" and anti-missile railgun projectiles were among the weapons concepts in the...
Rebuilding the Navy Emerging as Election Issue, Lawmaker Says Four years ago during the final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, Obama famously laughed off Romney's...
Pentagon to Add Funding for F-35 Fighter Jets, Combined Arms Training Funding for the Marine Corps' new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the F/A-18 Hornet will get a boost next year, Defense...
Lawmaker: Congress Must Fight for Higher Troop Pay Raise A 1.6-percent pay raise for military members proposed as part of the president's fiscal 2017 budget is "ridiculous," says one...
Obama's Last Defense Budget Adds Funds for Europe, Counterterrorism President Barack Obama's proposed defense budget would increase military spending less than 1 percent, guaranteeing a long...
Army Budget Cuts Modernization and Personnel, Invests in Readiness A shrinking U.S. Army rolled out its proposed fiscal 2017 budget today -- a plan that funnels more money into readiness but...
Navy Budget Confirms Plans to Cut Purchases of Littoral Combat Ships The U.S. Navy plans to reduce its Littoral Combat Ship buy from 52 to 40 vessels over the next five years, according to the...
Air Force Plans to Keep A-10s, Buy Fewer F-35s, Delay C-130 Upgrades The Air Force on Tuesday released a 2017 budget geared to rebalance the force and counter readiness problems resulting from...
After Drawdown, Marines Propose Investments in Aircraft, Training The service's fiscal 2017 budget request would keep the active-duty force at a steady state of 182,000 troops.
VA Boosts Budget to Tackle Outstanding Healthcare Claims from Vets The Veterans Affairs Department is requesting a budget of $182 billion next year, a nearly $20 billion funding increase...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
