Threats
Eyeing Russia, Estonian Company Creates Underground Hamster City for Humans
With an aggressive Russia nearby, Estonia is making mobile underground bunkers. But other countries are buying them too.
Science & Tech
UK Invites ‘Countries of Concern’ To Shop for Weapons in London
More than a dozen countries on Britain’s list of repressive regimes have descended on DSEI, one of the world’s largest arms fairs.
Threats
Do Qatar, UAE Airlines Threaten US National Security?
The biggest U.S. airlines say Gulf states’ subsidies could force them to abandon the large planes needed to move troops overseas. One veteran analyst calls this hogwash.
Threats
Industry: Pentagon Moved Too Fast on Cyber Rules
Companies fear they’ll have to rewrite their Defense Department contracts when pan-federal regulations arrive.
Science & Tech
Oshkosh Wins $30 Billion Army Contract Battle to Replace Humvee
The Wisconsin truck-maker has won the coveted megacontract to replace most of the Army’s iconic Humvees.
Business
Defense Contractors to Obama: Enough With the Executive Orders
Industry organizations lead a push against a tide of new regulations, such as the requirement to allow employees to take up to 56 hours' annual paid sick leave.
Business
Lockheed Snatched Up Sikorsky For a Steal
The No. 1 weapons builder flexed its muscle as other bidders for the Connecticut-based helicopter maker wilted in the face of military-civil monopoly rules.
Science & Tech
What To Watch For at the 2015 Paris Air Show
Aviation trendsetters and seekers converge on Le Bourget.
Business
The Pentagon Is Trying To Make Its $400 Billion Fighter Jet Cheaper To Fly
As the F-35’s expected price tag settles around $165 million per plane, DoD is trying to trim the much larger operations-and-maintenance bills to come.
Business
Northrop Grumman CEO Issues Rare Pentagon Rebuke Over Research Red Tape
Northrop's chief pushed back against a new Pentagon policy requiring firms to get DOD approval for company funded research projects.
Science & Tech
NSA Trying to Track Your Smartphone Finger Strokes
Smartphone technology built by Lockheed Martin promises to verify a user's identity based on the swiftness and shape of the individual’s finger strokes on a touch screen.
Threats
New Pentagon Chief Carter to Court Silicon Valley
The Pentagon wants to partner more with Silicon Valley tech firms, but can radically different cultures find common ground?
Ideas
Thornberry’s Bill a Good Start on Acquisition Reform
But far more is needed to make the US military 'the world’s fastest incorporator' of new technology.
Business
Pentagon's Next Bomber Will Be Built To Upgrade
The stealthy strike aircraft the Air Force buys this year will look a lot different when it is retired to the boneyard decades from now.
Business
The US and Russia Are the Biggest Beneficiaries of the Global Arms Boom
Emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East are splurging on weapons, and especially ones made by American and Russian companies.
Business
The F-35 Program Boss's To-Do List
The price tag for the F-35 is coming down, but program manager Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan says there are still kinks with software, cracks in aircraft and the plane’s logistics system as the Marine Corps prepare to declare the jet battle ready.
Science & Tech
Pentagon To Launch Hacker Proof Helicopter Drone By 2018
Boeing is set to replace 100,000 lines of code on its Little Bird drone before a test flight this summer.
Science & Tech
Boeing and Saab Deepening Relationship With Artillery Project
Often rivals, a U.S. defense giant and the Scandinavian aerospace firm deepen their ties on a ground-launched version of Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb – and maybe more.
Threats
US, Allies Reviewing Bomb Stockpiles for ISIS Fight
The U.S. military is making sure it has enough bombs and missiles to continue striking Islamic State strongholds in Iraq and Syria.
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