Business
For Defense Firms, Brexit Could Be Europe’s Sequester
A British departure from the European Union could slow arms purchases and collaboration across the continent.
Business
Here’s How Boeing Aims To Fix Its Broken Tanker
New hardware on the balky refueling boom will be tested next month.
Science & Tech
Gunfight! Does the Navy's Little Warship Need a Bigger Cannon?
Size matters to gunmakers competing to arm the Littoral Combat Ship against pirates, China, and Iran.
Business
New Air Force Tanker Delayed Because It Can't Refuel Planes
Boeing has eaten $1.3 billion trying to fix their KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling plane. Now new aircraft, USAF decision to buy more, pushed back months.
Threats
The US is Raiding its Global Bomb Stockpiles to Fight ISIS
The anti-ISIS coalition has dropped more than 41,500 bombs, leading the Pentagon to borrow from stockpiles in other regions.
Business
With Oil Revenue Down, Commercial Firms Eye Military Business
The companies showed up at a massive naval trade show, ready to work.
Business
Japan Shops Futuristic Sub-Hunter Plane
With arms export ban loosened, Tokyo is shopping an indigenous sub-hunting plane for the first time at an American arms show.
Business
As Threat of Russian Missiles Rise, NORAD Looks to the Future
No longer a Cold War leftover, NORAD and its new leaders will have their work cut out for them.
Business
America's Last Fighter Jet Makers Scramble to Keep Production Alive
The end is nearing for the F-15, F-16, and F/A-18 lines unless more orders come in soon.
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