Tag: Defense Spending

Beltway Confidential

Trump must listen to May and Macron at the G-7 summit. Merkel and Trudeau? Not so much

Tom Rogan · June 8, 2018 9:21 pm

Beltway Confidential

Slothful Senate must deliver results in August

Rachel Bovard · June 7, 2018 6:58 pm

Since the election, Trump has met multiple times with Lockheed Martin's CEO Marillyn Hewson over concerns about the cost of the F-35 program. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Lockheed wins $928 million missile contract as hypersonic arms race heats up

James Langford · June 6, 2018 8:38 pm

National Security

House eyes major boost in F-35 jet purchases

Travis J. Tritten · June 6, 2018 5:50 pm

Sen. Pat Toomey, the Pennsylvania Republican, speaks during a ceremony to award World War II veteran Clarence Smoyer, 96, the Bronze Star at the World War II Memorial, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington.

National Security

Pat Toomey’s opposition could delay $716 billion defense policy bill

Travis J. Tritten · June 6, 2018 5:19 pm

‘Top Gun’ sequel puts Tom Cruise in Boeing cockpit, snubbing Lockheed’s F-35

Joe Williams · May 31, 2018 4:34 pm

In this 2006 photo, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown after it was unveiled in a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas.

National Security

Lockheed Martin CEO downplays F-35 corrosion issue

Travis J. Tritten · May 30, 2018 4:02 pm

Rep. Williams called for appropriators to fund 60 F-35A variants, 24 F-35Bs and 12 F-35Cs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Contractor Booz Allen expects revenue boost from higher federal spending

Joe Williams · May 29, 2018 1:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows: House Freedom Caucus moving to give DACA recipients citizenship

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 4:16 pm

An Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano A-29 experimental aircraft and a Beechcraft AT-6 experimental aircraft flies over White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

National Security

The Air Force wants an attack plane to lighten the load on high-tech jets

Jamie McIntyre · May 26, 2018 4:00 am

In this June 13, 2013, file photo, Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin looks out over Tijuana, Mexico, along the old border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pentagon approves 736 more National Guard troops to support air, land, sea border agents

Anna Giaritelli · May 25, 2018 9:22 pm

FILE - In this April 10, 2018, file frame from video, a National Guard troop watches over Rio Grande River on the border in Roma, Texas. President Donald Trump has asked governors to deploy thousands of National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, citing a recent surge in people crossing illegally. Apprehensions at the border fell sharply shortly after Trump took office last year but they have gradually increased in recent months. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is running for re-election this year, has eagerly complied with Trump's request, dispatching hundreds of guard members and saying that the Texas contribution could reach 1,400 or more.

DHS smacks down Border Patrol union president: National Guard deployment led to 4,116 apprehensions, not a ‘colossal waste of resources’

Anna Giaritelli · May 25, 2018 6:14 pm