Tag: Defense Spending

Congress set to dodge tick-tock of shutdown clock

Susan Ferrechio · July 31, 2018 4:00 am

An engineer demonstrates a Combat Convoy Simulator at Lockheed Martin's innovation center in Orlando, Fla. The company won a contract on Monday for development work on unmanned military transports.

Lockheed wins Army contract for self-driving military convoy systems

James Langford · July 30, 2018 6:06 pm

Senate GOP leaders may be able to rest easy in the next elections. From left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

After House bolts for summer, Senate plows ahead on nominations, spending bills, and a hearing on Russian bots

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2018 4:00 am

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks to a reporter in New York.

National Security

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez falsely claims military increased funding by $700 billion last year

Katelyn Caralle · July 27, 2018 6:56 pm

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.

China to Congress: ‘Delete’ the ‘negative’ parts of defense bill

Joel Gehrke · July 25, 2018 10:25 pm

A Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 8 plane flies over the United Kingdom.

Beltway Confidential

The very political reason Qatar buys different fighter aircraft from Britain, France, and the US

Tom Rogan · July 25, 2018 4:09 pm

The destroyer USS Truxtun sits in dry dock at the General Dynamics shipyard facility on the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Va. General Dynamics and rival contractors stand to benefit from increased U.S. military spending.

General Dynamics sales hit $9.2 billion as U.S. pumps cash into defense industry

James Langford · July 25, 2018 7:52 am

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.

No president has been tougher on Russia than Trump

Steven Rogers · July 24, 2018 8:35 pm

Overseas sales of U.S. military equipment such as Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet, above, are outpacing last year's despite concerns that President Trump's tariffs would hinder deals.

Lockheed’s highest-ever F-35 production target fuels surge in profit

James Langford · July 24, 2018 2:29 pm

An F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah, on Sept. 2, 2015.

National Security

Congress moves to suspend F-35 sales to Turkey in defense bill

Travis J. Tritten · July 23, 2018 10:04 pm

A number of E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft from the 116th Air Control Wing, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, evacuated to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to escape the path of Hurricane Irma Sept. 9, 2017. Joint STARS aircraft are operated by Air Combat Command.

National Security

Defense bill nixes $623 million for planes the Air Force didn’t want

Travis J. Tritten · July 23, 2018 9:52 pm

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walk through Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Bipartisanship only makes the federal debt crisis worse

Jake Grant · July 23, 2018 8:52 pm