Policy
Obama To Propose Pentagon Spending Boost in 2016
President Barack Obama will send Congress a $585 billion defense spending plan on Monday, that would boost the Pentagon budget to levels not seen since 2012. By Marcus Weisgerber
Business
The Pentagon Has No Idea How Many Employees It Needs
Defense headquarters offices were asked to reduce their budgets 20 percent by 2019. So far, the Pentagon cannot say how it will meet that goal. By Eric Katz
Threats
Hagel Says Iraqi Complaints Against Coalition Efforts 'Unhelpful'
Defense officials said that 6,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed by coalition forces. But Vietnam War veteran Hagel dismissed the casualty count as a metric of mission success. By Gordon Lubold and Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas
Can Ash Carter Tame the Nuclear Weapons Budget?
Here are three common sense steps for the nuclear weapons budget that would save up to roughly $75 billion over 10 years. Tom Z. Collina
Policy
Republican Lawmakers Try Again To Cut 115,000 Civilian Defense Jobs
Rep. Kevin Calvert, R-Calif., is leading the charge to rein in an 'out of control' bureaucracy and save $82.5 billion over five years. By Eric Katz
Threats
US To Send 400 Trainers and Hundreds More Troops for Syrian Train-and-Equip Mission
After months of planning, the Pentagon’s training mission for Syria’s rebels is beginning to take form. By Gordon Lubold
Business
Hagel: Budget Uncertainty Is the Biggest Challenge Facing the Military
In his last address to the troops, Hagel returned to Fort Bliss, Texas, where his military career began in 1967. By Marcus Weisgerber
Science & Tech
Hagel Visits Navy’s Newest Warship That Will Carry the F-35
The USS America is steaming the California coast for sea trials. By Marcus Weisgerber
Science & Tech
DISA Reshuffle Shines a Spotlight on Cyber
The Defense Information Systems Agency looks a little different following a reorganization effort announced Monday. By Frank Konkel
Business
Inside Ash Carter’s Transition Team
Ash Carter, who’s expected to replace Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, is no stranger to the Pentagon. By Gordon Lubold
Business
Pentagon To Close, Consolidate Bases in Europe, Base F-35 in England
The Defense Department will close or shrink its presence at dozens of military facilities across Europe in hopes of saving $500 million per year. By Marcus Weisgerber
Science & Tech
Possible $11 Billion Contract At Stake for the Pentagon's Digital Health Records
The multi-billion dollar deal to overhaul the Pentagon’s electronic health records system will be one of the most significant government contracts awarded in 2015. By Frank Konkel
Science & Tech
The Problem With Calling Cyber Attacks 'Terrorism'
Are cyber attacks—designed to steal, corrupt, disrupt, degrade, or destroy—the equivalent of use of force or violence? By Micah Zenko
Science & Tech
Did the Pentagon's Switch to the Cloud Actually Save Money?
The Defense Department's inspector general wants to know if its recent switch to cloud computing is paying off. By Frank Konkel
Ideas
Defense One's Top 10 Stories of 2014
It was a frenetic year in national security that included Iraq, Russia, China, Robots and X-Ray Guns.
Ideas
The Tragedy of the American Military
The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. By James Fallows
Business
The Tank That Won't Go Away and Other Details in the New Defense Budget
Key reforms across every section of the Pentagon's budget have been altered or slashed by lawmakers. Here are a few of them. By Janine Davidson
Business
Ash Carter’s Asia Plans
President Obama’s pick to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been an advocate for a pivot to Asia since the late 1990s. By Adam Tiffen
Science & Tech
Upgrades Will Let the Navy’s LCS Operate in More Dangerous Waters
The Pentagon approves a plan to upgrade the Navy’s littoral combat ships with more firepower and defensive equipment, but is it enough? By Marcus Weisgerber and Patrick Tucker
Ideas