Business
GPS Upgrades Are Late and Over Budget. Here's Why We Should Stay the Course
There's no better alternative to the GPS III and OCX programs, which thankfully appear to be on track at last.
Business
F-35 Production Set to Quadruple As Massive Factory Retools
After years of delays, the Joint Strike Fighter program is finally ready to hit the afterburner.
Science & Tech
The Futuristic Aircraft That May Replace the Black Hawk Will Fly Next Year
But don’t expect the V-280 or SB-1 to hit battlefields until after 2030 — unless their builders find other customers first.
Science & Tech
The Increasingly Automated Hunt for Mobile Missile Launchers
The trick is training computers to filter the normal from an ocean of imagery, alert human analysts sparingly, and learn from their feedback.
Science & Tech
Want More F-22s? Here’s What That Would Take
Congress is inquiring about restarting the Raptor production line, cold for almost five years now.
Threats
Retaking A Booby-Trapped City, With US Help
Several months after Iraqi troops flushed ISIS from Ramadi, the work of making the city safe is just beginning.
Business
The Air Force’s Next Chief Might Be Its Space-War General
Gen. John Hyten has never flown a warplane, but he plays a role in just about every Air Force mission.
Business
Carter Seeks New Powers for Joint Chiefs, Top Commanders in War on Terrorism
Obama’s defense secretary unveils his Goldwater-Nichols reform plan, and the most sweeping changes to the military's top command in a generation.
Business
Giddy Among Fellow Nerds, Carter Pitches Pentagon Work to Techies
The defense secretary takes his outreach tour to robotics labs and startup centers in Austin and Boston.
Business
Carter Watches PBS on Fridays, and Other Bombshells from His Email
SecDef's redacted private messages reveal — gasp! — Washington insiders asking about jobs for friends and challenge coins for their kids.
Business
Seeking to Boost Its Public Image, F-35 Joins the Airshow Circuit
Program officials are trying to improve popular perceptions of the late, over-budget Joint Strike Fighter.
Business
This Painfully Honest Look at the Space Industry Just Got an Executive Fired
The engineering chief of the nation’s largest rocket-launch firm got a little too candid during a recent talk at his alma mater.
Business
Is The Government Getting Stingier With Cyber Threat Data?
Virginia Tech's network security chief thinks so. He says overclassification is making it harder to prep and respond.
Business
Bombs Away! Lockheed Expanding Missile Factories, Quadruples Bomb Production for ISIS Long Haul
The Hellfire maker is boosting production for an era of conflict with no end in sight.
Science & Tech
Skunk Works Chief: How To Keep America’s Airborne Advantage
Regular updates to the F-22 and F-35, says Lockheed’s Weiss, plus a deep commitment to chasing the game-changing tech of the future.
Ideas
Do ‘Guardian Forces’ Belong in the Military?
More and more national security workers in and out of uniform never get close to combat. It's time to rethink their place in the system.
Policy
If Trump Wins, Expect Thousands of Defense Jobs to Move to Europe
The GOP frontrunner's anti-Muslim comments could prompt U.S. allies to shop elsewhere for arms.
Business
The Pentagon's New Grading System for Civilians May Take Even Longer to Get Started
Six years after Congress mandated it, the U.S. military says it's ready to test a new way to assess its civilian workers. But a federal union claims the test-run will be deeply flawed.
Business
Obama's Security Clearance Overhaul Lands with a Thud Before Lawmakers
The plan, which tasks the Pentagon with safeguarding new investigations, appears to just be 'window dressing on a broken home.'
Business