Business
US Defense Firms Eye Expansion Into Saudi Arabia
As the arms deals roll in, companies are pitching joint ventures to the visiting crown prince.
Ideas
Yemen Shows Why US Needs to Change Its Arms Sales Policy
A Senate resolution to reduce U.S. participation in Yemen's war failed, but policymakers seeking to reduce complicity in the humanitarian crisis have another option.
Business
Air Force Secretary: Boeing Is Giving Its Tanker Short Shrift
Pointing to the KC-46 program’s latest problems, Heather Wilson says the company is focusing too much on its civil aircraft.
Ideas
Five Myths About Pentagon Weapons Programs
As the service secretaries converge on Capitol Hill to talk acquisition reform, it’s important to sort fact from fiction.
Business
Pentagon Tells Leaders to Talk More With Contractors — and Less to the Public and Press
One day after Air Force leaders severely restricted media contacts, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan encouraged Pentagon officials to engage more with industry.
Business
How Much Do America’s Arms Makers Depend on Foreign Metal? No One Seems to Know
Certainly, no one seemed concerned about it until Trump’s tariffs sent them scrambling to find out.
Business
Lockheed: Pentagon Negotiators Are Becoming More Unpredictable
The company’s CFO says willingness to discard precedent has stalled a new deal for the F-35 — and even affected the C-130.
Policy
The Air Force One Deal May Be Less Rosy Than Claimed
The White House’s “fixed-price deal” may still leave the taxpayer on the hook. And a spokesman seems to have inflated the projected savings.
Ideas
It’s Time for a National Security Cooperation Strategy
The current way the U.S. government approves what weapons get exported and where is fragmented and slow. That undermines American leadership and interests.
Business
White House, Boeing In Final Stages of New Air Force One Deal
President Trump and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg met in White House this week to break gridlock on price of new presidential planes.
Business