Gates to Services: Shift Gear, Spend Smart In a well-timed Foreign Affairs piece on “Reprogramming the Pentagon for a New Age,” newly re-anointed SecDef Robert Gates...
WMD Response Unit Readies for Presidential Inauguration The Pentagon recently created a specialized unit trained and equipped to respond on very short notice to a large scale...
Supply Route to Afghanistan via Russia Almost Open: SACEUR SACEUR Gen. Bantz Craddock said criminality is the primary driver behind the worsening security situation in Afghanistan and...
Lexington's Thompson Forecasts Period of Prolonged Pain for Defense Industry The Lexington Institute's Loren Thompson says defense spending will drop significantly under the Obama administration...
Reset Wins Over Modernization: Sen. Levin In a policy declaration that will reverberate through the Pentagon and defense industry, the chairman of the Senate Armed...
Tether Leaving DARPA: Rustan New Guy? Tony Tether, head of DARPA since 2001, is leaving the agency and there is much speculation that one of the space industry's...
The Buzz's Weekly Roundup My colleague Christian Lowe has come up with the nifty idea of hosting weekly interviews with me and giving readers a chance...
"Hybrid War" Throwdown (Updated) Analyst Russell Glenn says the "Hybrid War" concept is not a useful addition to the discussion on future doctrine and should...
Is Levin-McCain Bill the Right Path? Congress is awash in acquisition reform, as it was the last time a Democrat was elected president. Robbin Laird, a defense...
MDA Cuts Likely; Hints of Change Two of America's most powerful defense politicians made clear today that they expect the Missile Defense Agency to change how...
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.